face to face

/fˈeɪs tə fˈeɪs/

[phrase]

face to face

[PHRASE]

involving close contact; confronting each other

within each other's presence

synonyms : face-to-face

directly facing each other

synonyms : face-to-face

opposite

in evitable confrontation with an unpleasant or difficult situation

Examples

1. I've never met her face to face, but I definitely want to.

2. Since I was right there with them, face to face, and I had headphones on, it was easier to understand them, if I didn't understand them we would just, you know, work it out, and a person beside me had, their whole transcript

3. But - I think, this time, it’ll be easier to talk to her because we will be face to face and we’ll be kind of working together.

4. And I think the key really is to keep that communication up and keep doing fun stuff and getting to know each other until you're in a situation where you can be face to face and actually see if there's chemistry in real life.