face-to-face

plural face-to-faces · alternative face to face

1. A meeting, especially a meeting between two people conducted in person as opposed to a meeting conducted at a distance through technology.

   It was not like Friedman didn't try to have a face-to-face with Lazar.

   2011, Annie Jacobsen, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base, page 18

   2 more examples

   "If you want to have a face-to-face with Charlie?" I asked W.R., "Why invite the rest of us?"

   2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood's Silent Closet, page 607

   In an unprecedented move, Clifford went to Chicago to have a face-to-face with Tony's superiors.

   2007, Dennis N. Griffin, Frank Cullotta, Dennis Arnoldy, Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness, page 192

alternative face to face

1. not comparableIn one another's presence.

   a face-to-face meeting

   1 more example

   The complexity of having so many organisations involved, and the deep integration required, has undoubtedly tested the interpersonal skills of project leaders who have had little face-to-face contact.

   2021 June 2, Paul Stephen, “Advances made in digital revolution”, in RAIL, number 932, page 58

alternative face to face

1. not comparableWhile physically present.

   I came face-to-face with her on the battlefield recently. Resistance vs. Roekaar. My favorite mother looked at me with the kindness and empathy that I remembered… then she shot me.

   2017 June 8, Evfra de Tershav, quotee, “Roekaar Occupation”, in Mass Effect: Andromeda APEX HQ (Science Fiction), archived from the original on 09 Feb 2019