“face of”

The following 6 entries include the term face of.

fly in the face of

phrase

: to stand or act forthrightly or brazenly in defiance or contradiction of

in the face of

phrase

: face-to-face with : despite

on the face of it

phrase

: from only what is known at first

on the face of the earth

phrase

: in the world

the face of the earth

noun phrase

: everywhere in the world

wipe (someone or something) off the face of the earth

phrase

: to destroy (someone or something) completely


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