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Dictionary: face-down
also face down (fās'doun')
adv.
In a position so that the face is down: a victim floating face-down in the water.


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1.  With the upper surface put down, as in Please put these papers face down. This usage appears to come from cardplaying. [First half of 1600s] The antonym, "with the upper surface uppermost," is face up.
2.  Overcome, intimidate, or browbeat someone in a bold confrontation. This verbal expression dates from the 16th century. Shakespeare used it in The Comedy of Errors (3:1): "Here's a villain that would face me down."


Translations: Facedown
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - konfrontation
adv. - med ansigtet nedad

Nederlands (Dutch)
met de voorkant naar beneden

Français (French)
n. - confrontation, affrontement, (US) intimidation
adv. - en intimidant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Konfrontation
adv. - mit dem Gesicht od. der Vorderseite nach unten

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - μπρούμυτα, πρηνηδόν
n. - πρόσθια στάση

Italiano (Italian)
all'in giú

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - com a face para baixo
n. - posição (f) com a cara para baixo

Русский (Russian)
ничком, лицом вниз

Español (Spanish)
n. - confrontación decisiva
adv. - boca abajo

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - med ansiktet nedåt
n. - konfrontation

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
直接对抗, 摊牌, 面向下地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 直接對抗, 攤牌
adv. - 面向下地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (분쟁 등의) 최종적인 해결
adv. - 얼굴을 숙이고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 対決
adv. - 顔を下げて, 表を下にして

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بوضع وجه الشيء نحو الأسفل (الاسم) الوجه نحو الأسفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כשפניו כלפי מטה‬
adv. - ‮כשפניו כלפי מטה‬


 
 

 

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