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单词 to face out
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to face down (also out)
a. to face down (also out): to put down, overcome (a person) by a show of determination, or by browbeating; to dispute (a statement, argument) with boldness or effrontery. Cf. outface v. 1.Formerly also with sentence as object: †to maintain or insist to a person's face that (something is the case) (obsolete).
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the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (transitive)]
to countenance outa1529
to face down (also out)1530
to stand to ——1551
to stand upon it1590
to stand in ——1594
to stand out1653
to stick out1885
sledgehammer1976
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > oppose or confront impudently
face1465
overfacec1475
outface?1499
to face down (also out)1530
out-countenancec1585
outstare1596
outlook1599
nose1632
to stare down1798
out-breast1839
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > contradict with intimidation
overfacec1475
to face down (also out)1530
downface1762
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 542/2 I face one downe in a mater.
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. xxii. f. cclxii He..scoffeth that I face out the trouth with lyes.
1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 44 And so faced out thy poore Father before our face.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 6 Here's a villaine that would face me downe He met me on the Mart. View more context for this quotation
1706 S. Centlivre Love at Venture ii. 19 This is a Master-piece of Art, to face down two Women at once.
1787 Wesley Jrnl. 7 Oct. in Wks. (1872) IV. 401 The clerk faced me down I had taken the coach for Sunday.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 100 With Paget's help she faced down these objections.
1955 Carleton Drama Rev. 1 ii. 44 In the case of the Andalusian man the greatest value is bravery... To allow himself to be faced down means simply that he is not a complete man.
2007 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 8 Apr. c3 Grace McPherson..faced down the objections of Sir Sam Hughes..and told him, ‘I've come from Canada to drive an ambulance.’
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to face out (a matter, etc.)
d. to face it out, (also) to face out (a matter, etc.): to carry through by effrontery, brazen out.
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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.
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