Blink
Blink verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).
Usage example: for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked
Face
Face verb - To stand or sit with the face or front toward.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- They seem to go out of their way to pause on the suspect making the dumbest-looking face possible (often mid-blink or something similar).
Source: Narm / News -
Cute Machines: The Gremlins appear to have a rough approximation for a face, with their optics even having mechanical eyelids of sorts that even blink.
Source: Video Game / XCOM 2 - The story ends with the figure just five feet away, with a big nasty grin on its face, and the POV character's eyes watering, trying desperately not to blink...
Source: Light-Flicker Teleportation
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Face and Blink. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blink/face
Blink & Face. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/blink/face>.
Face or Blink. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blink/face.
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