facing danger
Staring down threats
Facing danger describes confronting a threat or hazard directly rather than avoiding it.
The phrase emphasizes the deliberate act of meeting peril head-on: Firefighters face danger every day.
It can be literal or figurative—physical risk or difficult circumstances requiring courage: She's facing danger on multiple fronts with the lawsuit and the health scare.
- braveShowing courage despite fear
- fearlessLacking any apprehension
- nerves of steelExceptional calm under pressure
- courageFortitude facing danger
- perilSerious threat of harm
threat · risk · confront · daring · bold · into the fray · hazard · on thin ice · jeopardy · menace · life or death · treacherous · vulnerable · exposed · against all odds · do or die · fight or flight · adrenaline
- Braveryrescue, self-sacrifice, defending the weak, battlefield valor, risking life
- heroismbravery, valor, hero, courage, heroism
facing dangerfleeing
Rapid escape from danger
running away · hiding · retreating · escaping · evading
facing dangertaking shelter
in hiding · out of harm's way · secure · sheltered · safeguarded
face, faced, faces, facial, facially, surface, surfaces, surfacing, surfaced