FACED UP (TO) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

faced up (to)

verb

past tense of face up (to)

as in outfaced

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In Job, a breakout Off–Off Broadway work that made it to Broadway, a tech employee confronted her therapist with a gun and demanded to be reinstated at her job, and then the twists ensued from there.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Baron Cohen was aware of the concerns at the time, not least because Walker confronted him at an industry event.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

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Matenopoulos returned to the show in mid-2025, and fronted a headline-making food segment that saw current panelist Sunny Hostin have an allergic reaction to walnuts in one of Matenopoulos’ book recipes.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
There, the war stoked longtime secessionist sentiments, fronted chiefly by the Southern Transitional Council -- a bloc that until 2025 held sway in the south and was backed by the United Arab Emirates.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fronted

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Serbia is formally seeking membership in the European Union, but the effort has stalled under Vucic, who has faced accusations of clamping down on democratic freedoms, including the media.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
No two knee injuries are the same, of course, and Seguin faced an obstacle that Mahomes apparently didn’t have to deal with.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of faced

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The liberal Yabloko party, the only registered political entity that dared to publicly criticize the war, was removed from the ballot last month by Russia’s Supreme Court, and only has a few dozen candidates in the single-constituency races.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Everyone then stayed on campus, and dared not explore the surrounding community.

— Danny Mason, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of dared

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Almost every fan inside the 72,000-capacity Arrowhead Stadium who braved the extreme heat went home happy after the team outclassed Denver 31-10.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
The Trojans shut out Fresno State, 39-0, rewarding the crowd that had braved Labor Day weekend traffic and chose college football over baseball – and maybe attempting to stick it to their critics in the process.

— Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2026

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