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face-down

adjective

  1. be oriented with the face pointing down in some framework
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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Having the face, front or surface positioned downward.

    the face-down cards in a game

adv

  1. In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.

    She was sleeping face-down on the sofa.

    He placed the page face-down on the table so that we could not see its contents.

noun

  1. A confrontation.

    What Herzog makes abundantly clear, as he progresses through accounts of the 40 years of bloodshed that have led to the recent facedowns between American and Israeli allies, is […]