look in the face

look in the face (third-person singular simple present looks in the face, present participle looking in the face, simple past and past participle looked in the face)

1. (transitive) To confront with courage, without fear.
2. (transitive) To relate to someone without shame, or as having made similar achievements or dealt with similar adversity.

• “look (someone) in the face”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “look someone in the face”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “look someone in the face”, in Collins English Dictionary.