"face up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: faces up [present, singular, third-person], facing up [participle, present], faced up [participle, past], faced up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} face up (third-person singular simple present faces up, present participle facing up, simple past and past participle faced up)
  1. To confront an unpleasant situation Translations (to face the music): stawiać czoła [imperfective] (Polish), stawić czoła [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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