look in the face

English

Verb

look in the face (third-person singular simple present looks in the face, present participle looking in the face, simple past and past participle looked in the face)

(transitive) To confront with courage, without fear.

Translations

to confront without fear

Italian: guardare in faccia

Further reading

“look (someone) in the face”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“look someone in the face”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“look someone in the face”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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