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face someone down

to make a face-to-face stand with someone who eventually backs down. Chuck succeeded in facing Tom down. Facing down Tom wasn't difficult for Chuck.

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I shall refer to these again presently, but we will turn them face down now. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context She laid the hand face down again on the table, and slowly the lingering eyes withdrew from her, having learned nothing. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context He paused to look down at Cesar, who, as I have said before, was lying full length face down by the foremast, then stepped over him, and dived out of my sight under the foresail. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context			extreme extricate from exult exult at exult in eye eye candy eye for an eye eye of the hurricane eyeball eyeball to eyeball eyeball-to-eyeball eyebrow eyed eyeful eyelid eyes are bigger than belly eyes are out on stalks eyes like saucers eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket eyes pop out of head eyetooth face face away face doesn't fit face down face facts face forward face head-on face into face is a picture face it face off face on face only a mother could love face the consequences face the music face to face face to face with face up face with face-to-face fact Fact is stranger than fiction factory factory farming fade fade away fade back fade down fade from			Face Amounts Face and Gesture Recognition face angle face angle Face Animation Parameter Face Animation Parameter Unit face area Face Arms Speech Time face away face belt conveyor Face blindness Face blindness Face blindness Face book face boss face brick face brick face card face card Face cards Face cards Face Center Cubic face clearance face cloth Face Cluster Radiosity face conveyor face cream face creams face danger face doesn't fit face down Face Down Defense Position Face Down Feet Towards Enemy Face Down Records face downwards face downwards face downwards face downwards face edge Face Everything And Recover Face Everything and Rejoice face facts face feed face fits face fits face fits face fits face flannel face flannels face flies Face fly Face fly Face fly Face fly face form face form face form face form face forward face fungus Face Fusiform Area

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