Bear
Bear verb - To go on a specified course or in a certain direction.
Usage example: the road bears left after the second traffic light
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| kind | bear kind | face kind |
| prospect | bear prospect | face prospect |
| time | bear time | face time |
| times | bear times | face times |
| Other words: consequences. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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It will dropkick you in the face and bear hug you to death with every chance it gets.
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Concord arrives and takes out a thermometer to pry open the trap so the bear can escape, but the close-up shown beforehand of the bear's satisfied face, surrounded by hearts, implies something else.
Source: Bear Trap -
Chet Ripley tells what appears to be a tall tale about coming face to face with a giant bear when he and his wife were first married.
Source: Film / The Great Outdoors
Cite this Source
Face and Bear. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/face
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