face to face with (someone or something)
face to face with (someone or something)
Directly confronted with or encountering someone or something. When the phrase refers to a person, it can be literal. I had been trying to avoid my math teacher, but then I came face to face with her in the cafeteria. Training for a marathon has forced me to come face to face with my physical limitations.
See also: face
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be jumping up and down
- person of color
- skunk at a garden party
- at a dead end
- hate the sight of (someone or something)
- hate, be sick of, etc. the sight of somebody/something
- be sick of the sight of (someone or something)
- no stranger to (something)
- yes all women
- lasting