(let's) face it

we must accept the truth of this.

Let's face it, he was a big hunk of a man and a good-looking guy.

Lots of people do not read for pleasure and, face it, not all the books you have to read are ones you would choose.

Related vocabulary: get real

• in the end
• in the event of
• in the event of something
• in the eyes of
• in the eyes of someone
• in the eyes of the law
• in the face of
• in the face of something
• in the family way
• in the fast lane
• in the final analysis
• in the first place
• in the flesh
• in the fullness of time
• in the grand scheme of things
• in the great scheme of things
• in the grip of
• in the grip of something
• in the groove
• in the hands of
• in the hands of someone
• in the heat of
• in the heat of something
• in the heat of the moment
• in the hole