Face
Face verb - To stand or sit with the face or front toward.
Go straight and face are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Go straight" instead a verb "Face".
Go straight
Face and go straight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Face" instead a verb phrase "Go straight".
Both terms in one sentence
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Parental Bonus/Genius Bonus: Many of the jokes will go straight over your average five-year-old's head—while the adult reading the book aloud has a hard time keeping a straight face.
Source: Literature / Winnie-the-Pooh -
Type 3 may work temporarily with The Hero if the Big Bad goes temporarily nuts, but this isn't a HeelFace Turn, as they will go straight back to their boss once it's all sorted out.
Source: Lawful Evil -
Love Redeems: Invoked and subverted in "Snap Dad" when Snaptrap agrees to go straight because he's fallen in love with Dudley's mom, and was actually sincere about it, trying his best to perform a HeelFace Turn.
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