deal with (something unpleasant) head on (Freq. 3) - You must confront your problems - He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes • Syn: confront, face • Ant: avoid (for: confront) • Hypernyms: set about, go about, approach • Hyponyms: undertake, tackle, take on • Verb Group: confront, face, present • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Somebody ----s PP