face the music
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
MWEWordset Dictionary
Classifications
Cognitive
Understand72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Variants
- synonym
- carry-the can
- pasttense
- faced the music
- presentparticiple
- facing the music
- thirdpersonsingular
- faces the music
- pastparticiple
- faced the music