Face and Play

Face

Face verb - Oppose, as in hostility or a competition.

Usage example: Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring

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Play and face are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a verb "Face".

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

Play verb - To engage in activity for amusement.

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Face and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Face" instead a verb "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

old	old face	old play
good	good face	good play
full	full face	full play
nice	nice face	nice play
Other adjectives: long, normal, perfect, original, straight, actual, entire, real, big, serious, little, dark, main, new, different.

character	face character	play character
kind	face kind	play kind
time	face time	play time
way	face way	play way
Other words: world, music, villain.

When Mark shaves his beard, they zoom in directly on his face and play dramatic music...for no good reason.

Source: Mundane Made Awesome / Film
Speaking of which, there's no such thing as a "poker face." Instead, you'd have a "Sabacc face." Likewise, "dejarik" (the game Chewie and R2 play in A New Hope) is substituted for chess.

Source: Hold Your Hippogriffs
The actor chosen to play the Scorpio Killer from Dirty Harry was chosen because he had a "face like a choir boy." Scorpio is a murdering psychopath.

Source: Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon

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