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形容詞

face down (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of face-down

副詞

face down (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of face-down

動詞

face down (third-person singular simple present faces down, present participle facing down, simple past and past participle faced down)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To confront; to abash by stern looks.
   • 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC:

     That old philosopher grew cross, / Who could not tell what motion was; / Because he walked against his will, / He faced men down, that he stood still.

   • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport‎:

     An already febrile atmosphere within the ground before the start had been stoked still further when France's players formed an arrow formation to face down the haka, and then advanced slowly over halfway as the capacity crowd roared.

2. (transitive, archaic) To persist in confronting impudently.

アナグラム

• downface

副詞

face-down (not comparable)

1. (of a person or object) In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.

   Antonym: face-up

   She was sleeping face-down on the sofa.

   He placed the page face-down on the table so that we could not see its contents.

形容詞

face-down (not comparable)

1. Having the face, front or surface positioned downward.

   the face-down cards in a game

名詞

face-down (plural face-downs)

1. A confrontation.
   • 1983, The Marine Corps Gazette, page 90:

     What Herzog makes abundantly clear, as he progresses through accounts of the 40 years of bloodshed that have led to the recent facedowns between American and Israeli allies, is […]

アナグラム

• downface