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Dec 4, 2009
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Face

To face it out. To persist in an assertion which is not true. To maintain without changing colour or hanging down the head.

To face down.
To withstand with boldness and effrontery.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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