to someone's face

English

Prepositional phrase

to someone's face

1. (figuratively) While looking into someone's eyes, in person; directly; brazenly, shamelessly.

   to lie to someone's face

Related terms

• in someone's face

Translations

Translations

Finnish: päin naamaa Polish: w żywe oczy (pl)

Further reading

• “to someone's face”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “to someone s face”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “to someone s face” (US) / “to someone s face” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “say something to somebody s face” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.