in the face of sth
C2 despite having to deal with a difficult situation or problem:
She left home in the face of strong opposition from her parents.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- again
- any way you slice it idiom
- at any rate idiom
- at least idiom
- best
- but
- disjunctive
- given
- hand
- however
- least
- might
- never
- nevertheless
- rate
- seeing (that)
- slice
- tooth
- when
- whereas
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