face to face
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See also: face-to-face
English
Alternative forms
Adverb
face to face (not comparable)
- In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.
- Synonym: eyeball to eyeball
- He sounds intimidating over the phone, but if you meet him face to face you will find he is a friendly enough fellow.
- (by extension) Closely encountering (a thing or situation).
- Finally, there I was, face to face with death.
Descendants
- → Japanese: フェイス・トゥ・フェイス (feisu tu feisu)
- → Spanish: face to face
Translations
in person
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See also
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English face to face.
Pronunciation
Adverb
face to face
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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