All face up to synonyms

verb face up to

• challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
• defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• accost — If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
• repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• meet — greatest lower bound
• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• brave — Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
• affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
• flout — to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
• scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
• front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
• dare — If you do not dare to do something, you do not have enough courage to do it, or you do not want to do it because you fear the consequences. If you dare to do something, you do something which requires a lot of courage.
• beard — A man's beard is the hair that grows on his chin and cheeks.
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
• face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
• stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• bite the bullet — to face up to (pain, trouble, etc) with fortitude; be stoical
• come to grips with — If you come to grips with a problem, you consider it seriously, and start taking action to deal with it.
• grin and bear it — to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
• pay the piper — a person who plays on a pipe.
• take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
• take one's medicine — any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.