outface

[ out-feys ]

/ ˌaʊtˈfeɪs /

to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.

to face or confront boldly; defy.

Origin of outface

First recorded in 1520–30; out- + face

You cannot outface consequences nor outdare natural tragedy; no, not even you, Christina Hope!

"Persons Unknown" |Virginia Tracy
You have been chased in the field by the grown men of my party; it seems a poor kind of pleasure to outface a boy.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) |Robert Louis Stevenson
A few large stars are visible then, lingering to outface the dawn.

Shakespeare's England |William Winter
It required a most indomitable geniality, indeed, to outface the rigid piety of Jean Paul Victor.

Riders of the Silences |John Frederick

It would have taken a man of supernerve to outface that situation.

Way of the Lawless |Max Brand

outface

/ (ˌaʊtˈfeɪs) /

to face or stare down

to confront boldly or defiantly