Face and Retreating

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Face verb - To stand or sit with the face or front toward.

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Retreating is an antonym for face.

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

Definitions of Face not found.

Face is an antonym for retreating in go away topic.

Nearby Words: retreat, retreated

Robotnik acquires this face before retreating.

Source: Ash Face
No one could blame him for retreating in the face of certain death after having already given his all.

Source: What You Are in the Dark
Pre-Mutation Splinter claws the face of a retreating Foot Ninja leaving familiar scars around his eye.

Source: Comic Book / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW)

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