out|face

out|face
out|face «owt FAYS», transitive verb, -faced, -fac|ing.
1. to face boldly; defy: »

The world's hostility, steadily increasing, was confronted and outfaced by…Victoria (Lytton Strachey).

SYNONYM(S): brave.
2. a) to stare at (a person) until he stops staring back. SYNONYM(S): abash. b) to bully; frighten into doing something by overbearing looks or words. SYNONYM(S): browbeat.

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