FACE DOWN


Meaning of FACE DOWN in English

If you face someone down, you oppose them or defeat them by being confident and looking at them boldly. (mainly AM)

He’s confronted crowds before and faced them down.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)

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