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Face up   /feɪs əp/   Listen
Face up

verb
1.
Deal with (something unpleasant) head on.  Synonyms: confront, face.  "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"






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"Face up" Quotes from Famous Books



... arose and knelt beside the davenport. She put her arms around her father's neck and drew his wrinkled, white old face up against her lovely one. ...
— Laddie • Gene Stratton Porter

... to me and turning her beautiful face up to mine, she said, after a pause, in which she seemed to read my very soul: "Before me lies a duty, Harold, which with you at my side I have the strength to perform, but without you the sacrifice is ...
— Zarlah the Martian • R. Norman Grisewood

... can feel that you're real," George said, putting his hands on her shoulders. He pulled her closer and kissed her hair. "You're Gistla," he said, "and you're beautiful." He tipped her face up to his and bent to ...
— George Loves Gistla • James McKimmey

... fingers on the keyboard as he bent to her, first kissing her hair, then slowly turning her face up to his and kissing her ...
— The Little Lady of the Big House • Jack London

... because Letty was holding silence, and he looked anxiously down at the top of her head. Then she relented a little and turned her face up to his—her rebellious eyes and unsteady mouth. But meeting the loving honesty of his look, her heart gave a great bound of allegiance, ...
— Tiverton Tales • Alice Brown


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