Usually means: Confront consequences of one's actions.
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  1. face the music: Merriam-Webster
  2. face the music: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. face the music: Collins English Dictionary
  4. face the music: Vocabulary.com
  5. face the music: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. face the music: Wiktionary
  7. face the music: Dictionary.com
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  9. face the music: Rhymezone
  10. face the music: FreeDictionary.org
  11. face the music: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. Music, Face the: The Word Detective
  13. face the music: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Face the music: World Wide Words
  15. Face the music: Phrase Finder
  16. face the music: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. face the music: Idioms

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  1. face the music: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (face the music)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.

Similar:
come to terms with, face up to, face, come to grips with, come to grips, front up, bite the bullet, front, take something as it comes, get through one's head, more...

Phrases:
to face the music, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Let's Face the Music and Dance, more...

Adjectives:
deal, try, nait, attack, apply, abroach, mint, greet, set, go, put up

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Similar:
come to terms with, face up to, face, come to grips with, come to grips, front up, bite the bullet, front, take something as it comes, get through one's head, more...

Phrases:
to face the music, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Let's Face the Music and Dance, more...

Adjectives:
deal, try, nait, attack, apply, abroach, mint, greet, set, go, put up



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