come face to face with

come face to face with
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  • come face to face with — (someone) to suddenly meet someone by chance. As I was going into the restaurant, I came face to face with my ex husband who was just leaving …   New idioms dictionary

  • come face to face with — (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. It was only after I started working for the charity that I came face to face with poverty …   New idioms dictionary

  • come face to face with someone — come face to face with (someone) to suddenly meet someone by chance. As I was going into the restaurant, I came face to face with my ex husband who was just leaving …   New idioms dictionary

  • come face to face with something — come face to face with (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. It was only after I started working for the charity that I came face to face with poverty …   New idioms dictionary

  • come/get to grips with — DEAL WITH, cope with, handle, grasp, grasp the nettle of, tackle, undertake, take on, grapple with, face, face up to, confront. → grip …   Useful english dictionary

  • bring face to face with — bring (someone) face to face with (something) come face to face with (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. They were brought face to face with the fact that their son was a drug addict when he took an overdose …   New idioms dictionary

  • bring someone face to face with something — bring (someone) face to face with (something) come face to face with (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. They were brought face to face with the fact that their son was a drug addict when he took an overdose …   New idioms dictionary

  • bring someone face to face with — bring (someone) face to face with (something) come face to face with (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. They were brought face to face with the fact that their son was a drug addict when he took an overdose …   New idioms dictionary

  • bring face to face with something — bring (someone) face to face with (something) come face to face with (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. They were brought face to face with the fact that their son was a drug addict when he took an overdose …   New idioms dictionary

  • face to face — adverb 1. ) in a situation where you are meeting and talking to another person directly: It would be better if we talked face to face. come face to face with someone: I came face to face with his mother. meet (someone) face to face: They met face …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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