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outface /aʊtˈfeɪs /verb [with object]Disconcert or defeat (an opponent) by confronting them boldly: these achievements were based on outfacing militant unions...- The following year he outfaced Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis.
- 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.
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 |