face facts

(verb) to accept or deal with something unpleasant

Example Sentence:

I think you need to face facts and realize that your ex-wife is never coming back home.

The gambler faced facts about his gambling problem when he lost all of his money.

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Similar idioms:

1. face the music
2. lose face
3. save face
4. get out of one’s face
5. have egg on one’s face
6. get in one’s face
7. fly in the face of
8. about face
9. blue in the face
10. cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face