Face to face has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adverb
Adverb
1
involving close contact; confronting each other
"the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"
"they spoke face to face"
2
directly facing each other
"the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"
"lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"
"they sat opposite at the table"
3
within each other's presence
"she met the president face-to-face"
4
In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.
Example Sentences
"the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"
adverb
"they spoke face to face"
adverb
"the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"
adverb
"lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"
adverb
"they sat opposite at the table"
adverb
"she met the president face-to-face"
adverb
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