outface

[ out-feys ]

verb (used with object)

, out·faced, out·fac·ing.

1. to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
2. to face or confront boldly; defy.

outface

/ ˌaʊtˈfeɪs /

verb

1. to face or stare down
2. to confront boldly or defiantly

Word History and Origins

Origin of outface¹

First recorded in 1520–30; out- + face

Example Sentences

Alberto Carvalho wants to install outfacing perimeter cameras at schools to fend off crime, and has appealed to Mayor Karen Bass for speed bumps and flashing lights around campuses.

From Los Angeles Times

In Berinhed's Forest Tristran outfaced one of the great, tawny eagles, who would have carried them both back to its nest to feed its young and was afraid of nothing at all, save fire.

From Literature

"I'll make that up to you, Farish," said Captain Dove, finding his tongue again, and evidently anxious to be very diplomatic since he could by no means outface his former accomplice.

From Project Gutenberg

She outfaced me as though I had been telling her fairy tales, and not what my own eyes saw.

From Project Gutenberg

What hope had such a one of outfacing the decrees of fate?

From Project Gutenberg