face the music

[face the music] {v. phr.}, {informal}

To go through trouble or danger, especially because of something you did; accept your punishment.

* /The boy was caught cheating in an examination and had to face the music./

* /The official who had been taking bribes was exposed by a newspaper, and had to face the music./

* /George knew his mother would cry when he told her, but he decided to go home and face the music./

Compare: MAKE ONE'S BED AND LIE IN IT, PAY THE PIPER, TAKE ONE'S MEDICINE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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