outface

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoutfaceout‧face /aʊtˈfeɪs/ verb [transitive] formal DEAL WITHto deal bravely with a difficult situation or opponent → See Verb table Examples from the Corpusoutface• Even though most of his vassals might disagree with his policies, it would demand brave men indeed actually to outface him.• She braced herself to outface him.• For a time he adopted a Stoical attitude to outface suffering, but this only brought on middle age prematurely.• His unquiet personality could not outface the somnolent arrogance of the greatest city in the world.

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Word of the day on edge nervous, especially because you are expecting something unpleasant to happen

Verb table

outface

Simple Form

Present

I, you, we, they outface

he, she, it outfaces

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Past

I, you, he, she, it, we, they outfaced

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have outfaced

he, she, it has outfaced

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had outfaced

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will outface

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have outfaced

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Continuous Form

Present

I am outfacing

he, she, it is outfacing

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you, we, they are outfacing

Past

I, he, she, it was outfacing

you, we, they were outfacing

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have been outfacing

he, she, it has been outfacing

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been outfacing

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be outfacing

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been outfacing

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