Face facts

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To accept what is true, especially when it is undesirable.

    "The Home Member said they could not refuse to face facts and Mr. S. R, Das, Law Member, said the partial co-operation which had been received from the Swarajists in the House had been forced out of them by their minority position there."

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"The Home Member said they could not refuse to face facts and Mr. S. R, Das, Law Member, said the partial co-operation which had been received from the Swarajists in the House had been forced out of them by their minority position there."

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