"on the face of" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on the face of.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the face of, {{en-PP}} on the face of
  1. (idiomatic) Notwithstanding. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: in the face of Related terms: on the face of it, on the face of the earth
    Sense id: en-on_the_face_of-en-prep_phrase-2mjjhl7J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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