to stare somebody in the face

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stare somebody in the face"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

to be imminent or unavoidable

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Failure was staring him in the face.
02

*** If something stares someone in the face, it is very easy to see or obvious

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The solution was staring me in the face.
to stare something in the face
01

*** to have to deal with a bad situation that is very likely to occur, or is about to occur

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We are staring bankruptcy in the face.
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