face up to

Also, face it. Confront or accept an unpleasant or difficult situation. For example, Jane had to face up to the possibility of being fired, or Face it-you were wrong. [Late 1700s] Also see face the music.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sharmaine	shahr-MAYN	English (Rare)
AdriÁN	ahd-RYAHN (Spanish), AWD-ree-ahn (Hungarian)	Spanish, Hungarian
Ah	-	Chinese
Vili	VEE-lee (Finnish)	Hungarian, Slovene, Finnish
Torstein	-	Norwegian
FranČIŠEk	-	Slovene