Definition of faced the music

face the music

verb

• to accept responsibility for one's actions and face punishment.

  I'm just going to have to face the music and go to court for the DUI charge.

                                                                                                                            
  
  Citation from "Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 3 (2006) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Mar 02 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'face':
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
*ss face	Definitions include: a person who behaves in an offensive, pompous manner; "ass".
bald-faced lie	Definitions include: a lie that is so obvious that it is detected immediately.
beep face	Definitions include: a general insult.
b*tch face	Definitions include: a bitch.
butter face	Definitions include: a woman with an attractive body, but an ugly face.
butt f*ck face	Definitions include: a person who is butt ugly or stupid.
crater face	Definitions include: a person who has large, deep, pit-like scars on their face, typically caused by severe acne.
c*nt face	Definitions include: a general insult.
d*ck face	Definitions include: an unkind person; "jerk"; "ass".
dog-faced	Definitions include: extremely ugly; "hideous".
doll-face	Definitions include: form of address for an attractive person or one's significant other.
donkey-faced	Definitions include: ugly.
duckface	Definitions include: the face made by puckering one's lips as if to kiss someone.
F2F	Definitions include: acronym for "face to face".
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Other terms relating to 'music':
chin music	Definitions include: idle talk, chatter.
elevator music	Definitions include: background music.
My Soul Music	Definitions include: This is a love poem by Paul Douglas Fisher.
sweet *ss music	Definitions include: loud flatulence.
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101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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