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face to face

Date: Mar 15 2001

Quote

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“Harris avoids all publicity, I wasn’t even sure he existed until I finally saw him face to face in Florence, when he came to the set of Hannibal.”
-Anthony Hopkins, talking about the author Thomas Harris

Definition

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in person, up close, within each other’s sight

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Any time you’re looking in a person’s eyes and talking to her, you’re talking face to face. You can also use this adjective to describe any situation in which you can see the person you’re talking about.

Examples

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“Shaquille O’Neal came to our school today to talk about the importance of education. It was so exciting to see him face to face.”

“I think we need to meet face to face. I’m tired of discussing things over the phone.”

“My mom had a face to face meeting with my teacher yesterday. They talked about my performance in school. I hope my mom isn’t mad at me.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

To see someone face to face is to meet someone, to see him/her person to person.
by Rubens (Brazil)
“face to face” means that you talk with somebody in person. Namely you meet him and talk with him rather than write email or something else.
by Tracy
I think face to face means to meet someone physically or face to face . Like , Yesterday i met John face to face in the park…....
by Dawood
“Today I had some trouble in completing the office works. Manager asked me to meet him. I really don’t know how I am going to meet him face to face” “if you are really brave enough, meet me face to face” hence friends “face to face ” means you are going to have direct eye to eye contact with somebody.
by Cintoninto (Madurai)
“Face to face” means that we meet or see a person not on TV or movies, but near us. Present in the same place as us.
by Sónia (Brazil)
“Face to face” means, sometimes you can not say what you want to someone else face to face if you are shying, embarressing, or if you are afraid of something. or on contrary of that, you can say what you want face to face without feeling that way.
by Bushra (Bahrain)
It means to see someone in person, doesn’t it? I know you pals from the pictures on the net, but I hope to see you all face to face some time soon in the future.
by Tomoko (Japan)
I bet “face to face ” stands for standing in front of someone pretty close.
by Davide (Italy)

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