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confront - oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
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face |
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encounter,
take on,
meet,
play contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
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bully off,
face off start a game by a face-off
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front,
breast confront bodily; "breast the storm"
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take the bull by the horns face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it
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play off,
pit,
oppose,
match remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
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confront - deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
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face |
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avoid stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
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confront,
face,
present deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
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go about,
set about,
approach begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
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tackle,
take on,
undertake seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
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confront - be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume" |
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front,
face,
look confront bodily; "breast the storm"
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confront - present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" |
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face,
present |
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