to one's face

[to one's face] {adv. phr.}

Directly to you; in your presence.

* /I told him to his face that I didn't like the idea./

* /I called him a coward to his face./

Compare: IN ONE'S FACE. Contrast: BEHIND ONE'S BACK.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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