look in the face

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look someone in the face and look someone in the eye; stare someone in the face

Fig. to face someone directly. (Facing someone this way is a sign of sincerity.) I don't believe you. Look me in the eye and say that, She looked him in the face and said she never wanted to see him again.

See also: face, look

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Look in the face of him and you'll see it wrote there. Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context “Is it no harm, Benny Pump,” said Natty, raising his eyes with a piteous look in the face of the steward—” is it no harm to show off a man in his seventy-first year, like a tame bear, for the settlers to look on? The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			look around some place look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth look aside look askance at look at look at cross-eyed look away look back Look before you leap look beyond look daggers at look down look down nose at look down on look fit to kill look for look for high and low look for trouble look forward to look good on paper look here look high and low look in look in on look in the eye look in the face look into look like look like a drowned rat look like a saddle on a sow look like something the cat brought in look like the cat dragged in look like the cat that swallowed the canary Look lively! Look me up when you're in town look on look on as look on the bright side look on with look out look out for look over look right through Look sharp! look the other way look the part look through look to look to be look to for look to laurels			Look Good Feel Better Look Good Naked look good on paper Look Good See Better Look Good While Driving Look Hawaii Magazine Look Here Look Here Look Here Look Here Look Here look here! look here! look here! look here! look high and low Look in Look in Look In My Eyes, Does It Look Like I Give A Flip look in on look in on look in on look in on look in on look in the eye look in the eye look in the eye look in the eye look in the eye look in the eyes look in the face Look In The Friggin' Manual Look Inquire Note Know Look Inside Always look into look into look into look into look into Look Into Me Eyes Does It Look Like I Give A Flip look like look like look like a candidate for a pair of wings look like a case of something look like a drowned rat look like a million dollars look like a million dollars look like a ringer look like a saddle on a sow look like death warmed over look like something the cat brought in look like something the cat dragged in look like the cat brought look like the cat brought look like the cat brought look like the cat dragged in look like the cat that swallowed the canary look like thunder Look lively Look lively Look lively

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