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coming up against synonyms
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- address
- annoy
- bother
- brace
- buttonhole
- call
- challenge
- confront
- cross
- dare
- entice
- face
- flag
- greet
- hail
- proposition
- run into
- salute
- abuse
- backhanded compliment
- brickbat
- dirty deed
- indignity
- injury
- left-handed compliment
- offense
- outrage
- provocation
- put-down
- slap
- slap in the face
- slight
- slur
- vexation
- wrong
- Santa Claus
- Vandyke
- bristles
- brush
- five-o-clock shadow
- fuzz
- goatee
- imperial
- muttonchops
- stubble
- adventurous
- audacious
- chin-up
- chivalrous
- confident
- courageous
- daring
- dashing
- dauntless
- defiant
- doughty
- fearless
- firm
- foolhardy
- forward
- gallant
- game
- gritty
- accept a challenge
- issue a challenge to
- take a dare
- take one up on
- accost
- affront
- beard
- brave
- call one's bluff
- dare
- defy
- encounter
- face down
- face up to
- face with
- flout
- front
- go one-on-one
- go up against
- make my day
- meet
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball
- cartel
- defy
- provocation
- stump
- taunt
- baffle
- beard
- brave
- confront
- contemn
- dare
- defeat
- deride
- despise
- disregard
- elude
- face
- flout
- fly in face of
- foil
- front
- gibe
- hang tough
- appointment
- brush
- concurrence
- confrontation
- interview
- rendezvous
- altercate
- bandy
- battle
- bicker
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- contend
- cross
- cross swords
- disagree
- dispute
- face off
- feud
- gang up on
- get in one's face
- go one on one
- hammer
- accost
- affront
- beard
- brave
- call one's bluff
- come up against
- dare
- defy
- encounter
- face down
- face with
- flout
- front
- go one-on-one
- go up against
- make my day
- meet
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball
- accost
- affront
- beard
- brave
- call one's bluff
- come up against
- dare
- defy
- encounter
- face down
- face up to
- flout
- front
- go one-on-one
- go up against
- make my day
- meet
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball
- affront
- defy
- deride
- disregard
- gibe
- gird
- insult
- jeer
- laugh at
- mock
- outrage
- quip
- repudiate
- ridicule
- scoff
- scorn
- slight
- sneer
- advanced
- ahead
- anterior
- facial
- first
- fore
- foremost
- forward
- frontal
- head
- headmost
- in the foreground
- leading
- obverse
- topmost
- vanward
- ventral
- accost
- affront
- beard
- brave
- call one's bluff
- come up against
- dare
- defy
- encounter
- face down
- face up to
- face with
- flout
- front
- go up against
- make my day
- meet
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball
- battle
- buck
- clash
- contend
- contest
- cope
- cross swords with
- defy
- dispute
- do battle with
- duel
- engage
- fight
- oppose
- put up a fight
- repel
- resist
- shoot it out
- accost
- affront
- beard
- brave
- call one's bluff
- come up against
- dare
- defy
- encounter
- face down
- face up to
- face with
- flout
- front
- go one-on-one
- go up against
- meet
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball
- accommodated
- applicable
- appropriate
- apt
- conformed
- equitable
- expedient
- fair
- felicitous
- fit
- good
- happy
- just
- proper
- reconciled
- right
- suitable
- timely
- accost
- affront
- beard
- brave
- call one's bluff
- come up against
- dare
- defy
- encounter
- face down
- face up to
- face with
- flout
- front
- go one-on-one
- go up against
- make my day
- meet
- argue
- assail
- assault
- attack
- bar
- battle
- bombard
- call in question
- check
- combat
- confront
- contradict
- controvert
- counter
- counterattack
- cross
- debate
- defy
- beat back
- beat off
- brush off
- buck
- cast aside
- chase away
- check
- confront
- cool
- cut
- decline
- dismiss
- disown
- dispute
- drive away
- drive back
- drive off
- duel
- abide
- abstain from
- antagonize
- assail
- assault
- battle
- bear
- brook
- buck
- check
- combat
- confront
- contend
- continue
- counteract
- countervail
- curb
- defy
- contemptuousness
- contumely
- derision
- despisal
- despisement
- despite
- disdain
- disparagement
- disregard
- jeering
- mockery
- ridicule
- sarcasm
- scoffing
- scornfulness
- slight
- sneer
- sport
- brave
- face
- oppose
- berate
- censure
- chide
- give piece of one's mind
- give tongue-lashing
- lecture
- rail
- rake over the coals
- rebuke
- reproach
- reprove
- revile
- scold
- take to task
- tick off
- upbraid
- vituperate
- brace
- brave
- buck
- combat
- confront
- contest
- cope
- cross
- defy
- dispute
- duel
- face
- fight
- fly in the face of
- grapple with
- hang on
- hang tough
- hold off
- brace
- brave
- buck
- combat
- confront
- contest
- cope
- cross
- defy
- dispute
- duel
- face
- fight
- fly in the face of
- grapple with
- hang on
- hang tough
- hold off
- brace
- brave
- buck
- combat
- confront
- contest
- cope
- cross
- defy
- dispute
- duel
- face
- fight
- fly in the face of
- grapple with
- hang on
- hang tough
- hold off
- brace
- brave
- buck
- combat
- confront
- contest
- cope
- cross
- defy
- dispute
- duel
- face
- fight
- fly in the face of
- grapple with
- hang on
- hang tough
- hold off
- brace
- brave
- buck
- combat
- confront
- contest
- cope
- cross
- defy
- dispute
- duel
- face
- fight
- fly in the face of
- grapple with
- hang on
- hang tough
- hold off
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