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stare someone in the face
1. Go to look someone in the face. 2. [for evidence] to confront someone directly. (Fig. on stare someone in the face; look someone in the face.) Finally, the truth stared me in the face, and I had to admit to myself what had really happened. When the facts in the case stared the jury in the face, there was nothing they could do but acquit. stare something in the face to deal with something directly We have stared hatred and prejudice in the face and seen what they can do. stare you in the face to be obvious The answer to this problem was staring him in the face, although at first he couldn't see it. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The spry 83-year-old shares the fate of many elderly Holocaust survivors who feel the memories catching up with them as they stare in the face of their own mortality. But it is something we have got to stare in the face and have a go at. |
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