Face to face meaning in English

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Definition

face to face: in the flesh, in person, directly adverbadjective

While I was swimming in the sea, I came face to face with a shark.

I don't want to tell you by phone, I'd prefer to tell you face to face. Can I come to your house?

Examples

"Listen, do you feel like meeting for dinner tonight so we could catch up face to face?"
"It's been a while since we've gotten together and talked face to face."
"I have recently reviewed all of Luke's files, and I am now keen to meet face-to-face with all of my key customers."

Exercise 1

Bruno says, "I should tell you up front..."

How else could he say this?

I should tell you face to face.

This is not the correct choice. To speak with someone "face to face" means to speak or communicate "in person" with someone else. For example: I would prefer to discuss this "face to face" and not over the phone. "Face to face" does not share a similar meaning with "up front", which Bruno uses to express that he will speak honestly from the beginning.

I should tell you as well.

This is not the correct choice. The phrase "as well" means "in addition" to something else. For example: As well as being a doctor, she is also a full-time scuba instructor. "As well" does not share a similar meaning with "up front", which Bruno uses to express that he will speak honestly from the beginning.

I should tell you right from the start.

This is the correct choice. The expression "to say something up front" means to speak directly or in a straightforward manner. Someone who says something "up front" is expressing something frankly at the beginning of a discussion, without hiding anything. This idiom shares a similar meaning with the expression "to say something right from the start".

I should tell you after all.

The idiom "after all" emphasizes an important fact or detail, but does not share a similar meaning to Bruno's expression "I should tell you up front". We would use "after all" in a different context: "You should invite her to the wedding, she is your mother after all". "After all" does not share a similar meaning with "up front", which Bruno uses to express that he will speak honestly from the beginning.

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