Back down
Back down verb - To break a promise or agreement.
Face with
Both terms in one sentence
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She kicks him in the face with her other foot hard enough to break his nose and knock him back down the stairs.
Source: Ankle Drag -
In addition to the "energy attack" part of this trope, he also literally picks his opponent off the ground by the face before exploding their face with dark fire (if the two of them are on the ground), or grabs their face and them slams them back down into the ground (if done in the air) Ouch.
Source: Face Palm of Doom
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