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Outface   Listen
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Outface  v. t.  (past & past part. outfaced; pres. part. outfacing)  To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave. "Having outfaced all the world."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Outface" Quotes from Famous Books



... ne'er be said, while England stands, That Alexander Iden, an esquire of Kent, Took odds to combat a poor famished man. Oppose thy steadfast-gazing eyes to mine, See if thou canst outface me with thy looks: Set limb to limb, and thou art far the lesser; Thy hand is but a finger to my fist; Thy leg a stick, compared with this truncheon; My foot shall fight with all the strength thou hast; And if mine arm be heaved in the ...
— Highways & Byways in Sussex • E.V. Lucas

... answer for what my fancy might do if I were alone here, or what tricks my senses might play with me if they had me to themselves. But, in company with another man, and especially with Dick, I would consent to outface all the Ghosts that were ever of ...
— The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices • Charles Dickens

... master bids welcome, and so doth my dame, And 'tis yonder smoking dish doth me inflame; Anon I'll be with you, though you me outface, For now I do tell you I have ...
— In The Yule-Log Glow, Vol. IV (of IV) • Harrison S. Morris



Words linked to "Outface" :   stare, stare down



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