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单词 outface
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Definition of outface in English:

outface

verb aʊtˈfeɪsˌaʊtˈfeɪs
[with object]
  • Disconcert or defeat (an opponent) by confronting them boldly.

    these achievements were based on outfacing militant unions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Getting themselves sorted with a costly state-of-the-art headquarters was never going to outface this gang.
    • When the royalists approached on 13 November, they were outfaced at Turnham Green, and fell back to winter in and around Oxford.
    • The following year he outfaced Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis.
    • Truth can outlast myth but cannot always outface it.
    • George IV attempted to exert authority over his ministers, but he lacked political skill and persistence and he could always be outmanœuvred or outfaced by determined ministers such as Liverpool and Wellington.
    Synonyms
    stand up to, face down, cow, overawe, intimidate, browbeat, confront, beard, outstare, stare out/down, defy

Rhymes

abase, ace, apace, backspace, base, bass, brace, case, chase, dace, efface, embrace, encase, enchase, enlace, face, grace, interlace, interspace, in-your-face, lace, mace, misplace, outpace, pace, place, plaice, race, space, Thrace, trace, upper case
 
 

Definition of outface in US English:

outface

verbˌaʊtˈfeɪsˌoutˈfās
[with object]
  • Disconcert or defeat (an opponent) by bold confrontation.

    to outface twenty-five or thirty antagonistic men
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Truth can outlast myth but cannot always outface it.
    • Getting themselves sorted with a costly state-of-the-art headquarters was never going to outface this gang.
    • The following year he outfaced Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis.
    • George IV attempted to exert authority over his ministers, but he lacked political skill and persistence and he could always be outmanœuvred or outfaced by determined ministers such as Liverpool and Wellington.
    • When the royalists approached on 13 November, they were outfaced at Turnham Green, and fell back to winter in and around Oxford.
    Synonyms
    stand up to, face down, cow, overawe, intimidate, browbeat, confront, beard, outstare, stare down, stare out, defy
 
 
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