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单词 to face down
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to face down (also out)
a. to face down (also out): to put down, overcome (a person) by a show of determination, or by browbeating; to dispute (a statement, argument) with boldness or effrontery. Cf. outface v. 1.Formerly also with sentence as object: †to maintain or insist to a person's face that (something is the case) (obsolete).
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the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (transitive)]
to countenance outa1529
to face down (also out)1530
to stand to ——1551
to stand upon it1590
to stand in ——1594
to stand out1653
to stick out1885
sledgehammer1976
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > oppose or confront impudently
face1465
overfacec1475
outface?1499
to face down (also out)1530
out-countenancec1585
outstare1596
outlook1599
nose1632
to stare down1798
out-breast1839
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > contradict with intimidation
overfacec1475
to face down (also out)1530
downface1762
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 542/2 I face one downe in a mater.
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. xxii. f. cclxii He..scoffeth that I face out the trouth with lyes.
1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 44 And so faced out thy poore Father before our face.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 6 Here's a villaine that would face me downe He met me on the Mart. View more context for this quotation
1706 S. Centlivre Love at Venture ii. 19 This is a Master-piece of Art, to face down two Women at once.
1787 Wesley Jrnl. 7 Oct. in Wks. (1872) IV. 401 The clerk faced me down I had taken the coach for Sunday.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 100 With Paget's help she faced down these objections.
1955 Carleton Drama Rev. 1 ii. 44 In the case of the Andalusian man the greatest value is bravery... To allow himself to be faced down means simply that he is not a complete man.
2007 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 8 Apr. c3 Grace McPherson..faced down the objections of Sir Sam Hughes..and told him, ‘I've come from Canada to drive an ambulance.’
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