to someone's face
English
Prepositional phrase
- (figuratively) While looking into someone's eyes, in person; directly; brazenly, shamelessly.
- to lie to someone's face
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Further reading
- “to someone's face”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “to someone s face”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “to someone s face” (US) / “to someone s face” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “say something to somebody s face” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
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