face it
Stop denying it
Face it is an imperative phrase urging someone—often oneself—to accept an uncomfortable truth rather than avoid it: Face it, you're not going to finish on time.
It functions as a sentence opener that signals hard reality is coming, usually contradicting what the listener wants to believe.
Let's face it, we can't afford this house.
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- come to termsAccept or reach agreement
- confrontFace squarely, address directly
- hard truthUnpleasant accurate statement
- acceptanceConsent to receive
courage · acknowledgment · honesty · realism · resolution · determination · music · pragmatism · fortitude · surrender · reckoning · moment of truth · inevitability · resilience · recognition · own · bitter pill · vulnerability
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- perseverancepersist, never give up, tenacity, hang in there, endurance
- couragebravery, resilience, fearlessness, boldness, courage
- endurancestamina, endure, perseverance, persistence, staying power
face itlook the other way
Willfully ignore misconduct
turn a blind eye · wishful thinking · self-deception · look away · fantasize
face itcop out
Evade a commitment
chicken out · weasel out · procrastinate · put it off · kick the can down the road
face itwishful thinking
Belief shaped by desire
denial · self-deception · delusion · fantasy · make excuses
face, surface, it, faced, facet, faces, facial, deface, faceless