meet head on

meet head on
Synonyms and related words:
affront, alight upon, antagonize, be antipathetic, be inimical, beard, beat against, bell the cat, bite the bullet, brave, brazen, brazen out, bump heads, bump into, challenge, clash, collide, come across, come among, come up against, come upon, complain, complain loudly, conflict, conflict with, confront, confute, contend, contend with, contradict, contrapose, contraposit, contrast, contravene, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, dispute, dissent, encounter, face, face down, face out, face the music, face up, face up to, fall across, fall among, fall foul of, fall upon, front, go against, go counter to, interfere with, kick against, lie opposite, light upon, lock horns, make a stand, match, meet, meet boldly, meet up with, meet with, militate against, object, offer resistance, oppose, oppugn, pitch upon, polarize, pose against, protest, put in opposition, recalcitrate, reluct, remonstrate, resist, revolt, run across, run against, run counter to, run into, run smack into, run the gauntlet, run up against, run upon, set at defiance, set over against, show fight, speak out, speak up, stand, stand at bay, stand opposed, stand opposite, stand up against, stand up to, strive against, subtend, swim upstream, withstand, work against

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  • meet head on — strike with the front ends; deal with courageously …   English contemporary dictionary

  • head-on — adv 1.) crash/collide/smash etc head on if two vehicles crash etc head on, the front part of one vehicle hits the front part of the other 2.) if someone deals with a problem head on, they do not try to avoid it, but deal with it in a direct and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • meet — meet1 W1S1 [mi:t] v past tense and past participle met [met] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(see somebody at an arranged place)¦ 2¦(see somebody by chance)¦ 3¦(see somebody for the first time)¦ 4¦(see somebody at an airport/station etc)¦ 5¦(come together to discuss… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • meet — 1 /mi:t/ verb past tense and past participle met /met/ 1 BE IN THE SAME PLACE (intransitive, transitive not in passive) a) to be in the same place as someone else because you have arranged to do this: Meet me at 8.00. | We agreed to meet in front …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • meet — I n. (esp. AE) (sports) 1) to hold, organize a meet 2) a dual; swim, swimming; track, track and field meet II v. 1) (d; intr.) to meet with ( to encounter ) (to meet with approval; they met with an accident) 2) (esp. AE) (d; intr.) to meet with ( …   Combinatory dictionary

  • head-on — adverb 1 meet/crash etc head on if two vehicles meet head on, the front part of one vehicle hits the front part of the other: Their car collided head on with a van. 2 if someone deals with a problem head on, they deal with it in a direct and… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • meet — Synonyms and related words: Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics, abide by, abut, accepted, accommodate, accommodate with, accommodated, accord, accost, acknowledged, act up to, adapt, adapt to, adhere, adhere to, adjoin, adjust,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • meet — I v 1. encounter, come upon, accost, tace, come into contact, meet with, come across; fall across, run across, Inf. run into, Inf. bump into; happen upon, chance upon, stumble upon, light upon, hit upon. 2. make acquaintance with, be introduced… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • head-on collision — noun A collision where the front ends of two vehicles (such as ships, trains, cars, planes, etc.) hit each other, as opposed to a side collision or rear end collision. Syn: cornfield meet, head on …   Wiktionary

  • Head-on collision — with two cars involved …   Wikipedia

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