face-to-face

[face-to-face] {adv. phr.}

1. With your face looking toward the face of another person; each facing the other.

* /Turning a corner, he found himself face-to-face with a policeman./

* /The two teams for the spelling bee stood face-to-face on opposite sides of the classroom./

* /The church and the school stand face-to-face across the street./

2. In the presence of another or others.

* /She was thrilled to meet the President face-to-face./

* /I have heard about him, but I never met him face-to-face./

Compare: IN PERSON. 3. To the point where you must do something. — Used with "with".

* /The solution of the first problem brought him face-to-face with a second problem./

Compare: UP AGAINST.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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