Face up to meaning
Face up to is a phrasal verb that means to acknowledge the reality of a difficult situation and confront it.
- Past simple
- faced up to
- Past participle
- faced up to
- -ing form
- facing up to
What face up to means
accept difficult realityB2
To acknowledge the reality of a difficult situation and confront it
The organisation must face up to its financial problems.
Similar phrasal verbs
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does face up to mean?
To acknowledge the reality of a difficult situation and confront it.
What is the past tense of face up to?
Faced up to, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
