face up to something - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishface up to something phrasal verbDEAL WITHto accept and deal with a difficult fact or problem They'll never ... faceuptosomethingFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishfaceuptosomethingphrasalverbDEALWITHtoacceptanddealwithadifficultfactorproblem  They’llneverofferyouanotherjob;youmightaswellfaceuptoit.  Shehadtofaceuptothefactthathewasguilty.→face→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpusfaceupto•Ithinkweoughttofaceuptoit.faceuptoit•Ithinkweoughttofaceuptoit.•Ittooktimeuntilshecouldfaceuptoit. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Astrology Buildings Boardgames Medicine Seealltopics Wordoftheday muggy muggyweatherisunpleasantlywarmandtheairseemswet VerbtablefacePresentI,you,we,theyfacehe,she,itfaces >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theyfacedPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavefacedhe,she,ithasfacedPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadfacedFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillfaceFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavefaced >ViewLess PresentIamfacinghe,she,itisfacing >ViewMore you,we,theyarefacingPastI,he,she,itwasfacingyou,we,theywerefacingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeenfacinghe,she,ithasbeenfacingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeenfacingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbefacingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeenfacing >ViewLess