face the music

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toacceptorconfronttheunpleasantconsequencesof one'sactions.[from 19th c.]Synonyms:face up to,pay the penalty,pay the price1941December, Kenneth Brown, “The Newmarket & Chesterford Railway—II”, inThe Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press,→ISSN,→OCLC, page533:Hudson personally would notface the musicat that meeting and the business could hardly proceed for groans and hisses and cries of "Hudson! Hudson! Why is Hudson not here?" and so the ungrateful shareholders to whom Hudson had generously paid dividends out of their own capital cast out Hudson bag and baggage, including therein the agreement with the Newmarket Railway.2013,Rockstar Games,Grand Theft Auto V, scene: Exiting a robbed bank surrounded by police withminigunandballisticsuit, level/area: The Paleto Score:Trevor Philips(Steven Ogg): Time toface the music!

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