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face the music

verbid 9604·updated Jun 3, 2026
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accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

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Cognitive

Understand72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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