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face down
face someone down
to make a face-to-face stand with someone who eventually backs down. Chuck succeeded in facing Tom down. Facing down Tom wasn't difficult for Chuck.
face something down
to turn something face downward. Ted drew a card and faced it down. Face your cards down when you leave the card table.
face down
1. With the upper surface put down, as in Please put these papers face down. This usage appears to come from cardplaying. [First half of 1600s] The antonym, "with the upper surface uppermost," is face up.
2. Overcome, intimidate, or browbeat someone in a bold confrontation. This verbal expression dates from the 16th century. Shakespeare used it in The Comedy of Errors (3:1): "Here's a villain that would face me down."
face down
v.1. To confront someone in a resolute or determined manner: The incumbent faced down the opponent in a debate. The soldiers faced the enemy down.
2. To position something so that its front surface is oriented downward: I faced the picture down so that I wouldn't be reminded of my dead parents.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Tilde | | - | Danish |
Horatius | | - | Ancient Roman |
Nacio | | NAH-thyo (Spanish), NAH-syo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
SvajonĖ | | - | Lithuanian |
Bethania | | - | Spanish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
Baldrick | | ['bɔ:ldrik] | |