Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation; to stare down; to withsay

  2. (transitive)To boldly confront a situation.

More definitions
  • overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring

Forms

outfaces, outfacing, outfaced, outfaced
Base formoutface · to outface
3rd person singularoutfaces
Present participleoutfacing
Past simpleoutfaced
Past participleoutfaced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutface
he, she, itoutfaces

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutfaced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outfaced
he, she, ithas outfaced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outface

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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