outface
English
Etymology
Verb
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- (transitive) To disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation; to stare down; to withsay
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 2
- [...] We shall have old swearing
- That they did give the rings away to men;
- But we'll outface them, and outswear them too.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 2
- (transitive) To boldly confront a situation.