Face off
Face off verb - To engage in a contest.
Meet
Both terms in one sentence
- Naruto: Naruto is possessed by a what is essentially a kitsune and is played as a trickster early on and has fox like physical traits; subverted when we actually meet the fox himself... He'd sooner rip your face off than play pranks.
Source: Animal Stereotypes -
Compared to other classes agonizing choices over how to fight, being able to maul the face off anyone you meet is straight up cathartic.
Source: Cursed with Awesome - It is elsewhere established that most of the crazy inventors who try to face off against armies with their lone death ray tend to meet a predictable end.
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