"to someone's face" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} to someone's face
  1. (figuratively) While looking into someone's eyes, in person; directly; brazenly, shamelessly. Tags: figuratively Related terms: in someone's face
    Sense id: en-to_someone's_face-en-prep_phrase-UnbKoH5e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations

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