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Face the music   /feɪs ðə mjˈuzɪk/   Listen
Face the music

verb
1.
Accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.  Synonym: carry-the can.






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"Face the music" Quotes from Famous Books



... Among them were several very large bucks with superb antlers, and these seemed very little afraid of the small, quiet biped in leaf-colored rig. They often paused to gaze back with bold, fearless front, as though inclined to call a halt and face the music; but when within a hundred yards, would turn and canter leisurely away. As the herd neared the summit of the low-lying ridge, I tried to make a reasonable guess at their numbers, by counting a part and estimating the rest, but could ...
— Woodcraft • George W. Sears

... more all lucidity—save in so far as she was now almost all authority. "Ah, hating still more to seem afraid, he has come back to face the music!" ...
— The Outcry • Henry James

... that he slept late mornings. I was licked and I knew it. If I had been a pup, I would have fitted my tail neatly between my legs and made for home. But I wasn't a pup, so I headed straight for Ria's flat to face the music. ...
— Each Man Kills • Victoria Glad

... penalties I may have incurred in the eyes of the law are committed beyond hope of redemption. If I am sought for, the police know exactly where to lay hands on me, and my crime would become monstrous if it were proved that I ran away from my wife on the night of our marriage. No; we must face the music boldly, and together. We must go to some well-known hotel, register openly, secure rooms, and conduct ourselves on the orthodox lines of all runaway couples, who are presumably head over heels in love with each other. Moreover, in the morning, or whenever we are run to earth, you should ...
— One Wonderful Night - A Romance of New York • Louis Tracy



Words linked to "Face the music" :   assume, bear, take over, carry-the can, accept



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