face facts

idiom

variants or face the fact(s)

: to admit that something is true

The time has come to face the fact that the government's policies aren't working.

The time has come to face the facts and admit that the government's policies aren't working.

Let's face facts—our plan isn't working.

Examples of face facts in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But let’s face facts: The biggest dilemma for solving homelessness in California is the extraordinarily high cost of housing in this overpopulated state. —George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024

The essay suffers from the same refusal to face facts that led the United States to launch abortive wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya and reflects the same devotion to ideological nostrums that convinces Washington, time and again, to brand dictators as reformers and allies as pariahs. —Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023

But let’s face facts: Long-term, a .227/.308/.395/./703 slash line still isn’t going to cut it. —Evan Grant, Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2020

That's because the demand for greater diversity on boards—from institutional investors, lawmakers, investment banks, and exchanges—has forced companies to face facts: the problem is not the available pool of women candidates; the problem is the search process itself. —Claire Zillman, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2022

But, let’s face facts, the Rangers have already acknowledged the pitching coach’s job is bigger than one man. —Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 Oct. 2020

Time to face facts: There’s no superstar coming to save the Phoenix Suns this season. —Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2023

Time for Apple to face facts: like it or not, the company is in the stalking business. —Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2022

Beyond Ozy, this story is about digital media spin; business models that don't pass a simple smell test; and unbelievable web metrics that people pretend to believe until forced to face facts. —Brian Stelter, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021