face somebody ↔ down

phrasal verbphr v especially American EnglishAmE DEAL WITHto deal in a strong and confident way with someone who opposes you 〔用坚定和自信的方式〕压倒，挫败，慑服

Harrison successfully faced down the mob of angry workers.

哈里森把那伙愤怒的工人压了下去。

Examples from the Corpus

face down• No, don't lick my face!• She has been facing them down.• Gazing up at the kindly, apple-cheeked face smiling down at him, Hilary suddenly made up his mind.• A great beautiful face stared down at me.• All was silence; not one face peered down at us from between rusty bars.• The face looks down gently on us like a mother gazing at her children.• His face was purpling down the left side and one eye was closed.• His face came down to her, passed by her own, and buried itself in the copper cloak.

→ face somebody ↔ down at face2(4)

词汇	face somebody ↔ down
释义	face somebody ↔ down face somebody ↔ down phrasal verbphr v especially American EnglishAmE DEAL WITHto deal in a strong and confident way with someone who opposes you 〔用坚定和自信的方式〕压倒，挫败，慑服 Harrison successfully faced down the mob of angry workers. 哈里森把那伙愤怒的工人压了下去。 Examples from the Corpus face down• No, don't lick my face!• She has been facing them down.• Gazing up at the kindly, apple-cheeked face smiling down at him, Hilary suddenly made up his mind.• A great beautiful face stared down at me.• All was silence; not one face peered down at us from between rusty bars.• The face looks down gently on us like a mother gazing at her children.• His face was purpling down the left side and one eye was closed.• His face came down to her, passed by her own, and buried itself in the copper cloak. → face somebody ↔ down at face2(4)
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