单词 | to face it out |
释义 | > as lemmasto face it out d. to face it out, (also) to face out (a matter, etc.): to carry through by effrontery, brazen out. ΚΠ 1534 U. von Hutten in tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation Syluester Pref. sig. C Those false popes..sayeng and also facyng it out, that he [sc. Constantine] hath gyuen and graunted to them thempire of the West parte of the worlde. 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 73 To..face it oute lustelye as sum other good fellowes doe. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. xii. §2. 125 Obluctation, and facing out of the matter. 1702 S. Centlivre Beau's Duel iii. 33 Ha! my Father, what shall I say,—I'll e'en face it out since he has catc'd me. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xxii. 303 ‘What said the Jury?’—they were long in doubt, But sturdy Peter faced the matter out. 1876 G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. i. 15 Unless they could make up their minds..to face it out. 1923 C. Morley Where Blue Begins v. 52 She was wondering now how she could face it out with Mrs. Chow and Mrs. Fox-Terrier and the other neighbours. 1970 Analysis 30 154 The son-in-law is going to try to ‘face it out’ even though he has been caught. 2007 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 8 June [He] tried to ‘face it out’, only admitting causing death by dangerous driving. < as lemmas |
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