12. PHRASE : PHR after v, PHR n, oft PHR with n
If you come face to face with someone, you meet them and can talk to them or look at them directly.
- We were strolling into the town when we came face to face with Jacques Dubois.
- It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two men.
13. PHRASE : PHR after v, PHR n
If you come face to face with a difficulty or reality, you cannot avoid it and have to deal with it.
- Eventually, he came face to face with discrimination again.
... Cobuild
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