face up to
accept the fact that, meet something or someone without shrinking
face up to
accept something that is not easy to accept You must face up to the fact that you are never going to have enough money to buy that car.
face up to
Synonyms and related words:
affront, beard, bell the cat, bite the bullet, brave, brazen, brazen out, challenge, chance, complain, complain loudly, confront, contend with, court destruction, dare, defy danger, dispute, dissent, face, face down, face out, face the music, face up, forget the odds, front, gamble, hazard, kick against, make a stand, meet, meet boldly, meet head-on, object, offer resistance, oppose, play with fire, protest, recalcitrate, reluct, remonstrate, revolt, risk, run the chance, run the gauntlet, run the risk, set at defiance, show fight, speak out, speak up, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, strive against, take a chance, take chances, tempt Providence, withstand
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
FACE UP TO
AFFRONTARE
face up to
phrv. เผชิญหน้ากับ, ประจันกับ, เผชิญกับ, ยอมรับทำไปอย่างไม่ย่อท้อ (syn. shape up to, square up to)