FACE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does face up mean? 

• FACE UP (verb)
  The verb FACE UP has 1 sense:

1. deal with (something unpleasant) head on

  Familiarity information: FACE UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACE UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deal with (something unpleasant) head on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

confront; face; face up

Context example:

He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes

Hypernyms (to "face up" is one way to...):

approach; go about; set about (begin to deal with)

Verb group:

confront; face; present (present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "face up"):

tackle; take on; undertake (accept as a challenge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

The researchers have found that it did not matter whether a person's smartphone was turned on or off, or whether it was lying face up or face down on a desk.

(Presence of Smartphone Reduces Brain Power, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Lady Loring rode her palfrey at her lord's bridle-arm, for she would see him as far as the edge of the forest, and ever and anon she turned her hard-lined face up wistfully to him and ran a questioning eye over his apparel and appointments.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)