Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

facing the music

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables
fac-ing the -mu-sic
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of face the music

Questions

What does facing the music mean?
present participle and gerund of face the music

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