show a bold front
verb
Roget 861:
be courageous
etc.
adj.;
dare,
venture,
make bold;
face danger,
front danger,
affront danger,
confront danger,
brave danger,
defy danger,
despise danger,
mock danger;
look in the face;
look full in the face,
look boldly in the face,
look danger in the face;
face;
meet,
meet in front;
brave,
beard;
defy
etc.
715.
take courage,
muster courage,
summon up courage,
pluck up courage;
nerve oneself,
take heart;
take heart,
pluck up heart of grace;
hold up one's head,
screw one's courage to the sticking place;
come up to scratch;
stick to one's guns,
standfire†,
stand against;
bear up,
bear up against;
hold out
etc.
(persevere)
604.1.
put a bold face upon;
show a bold front,
present a bold front;
show fight;
face the music.
bell the cat,
take the bull by the horns,
beard the lion in his den,
march up to the cannon's mouth,
go through fire and water,
run the gantlet.
give courage,
infuse courage,
inspire courage;
reassure,
encourage,
embolden,
inspirit,
cheer,
nerve,
put upon one's mettle,
rally,
raise a rallying cry;
pat on the back,
make a man of. ,
keep in countenance.
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Roget 715:
defy,
dare,
beard;
brave
etc.
(courage)
861;
bid defiance to;
set at defiance,
set at naught;
hurl defiance at;
dance the war dance,
beat the war drums;
snap the fingers at,
laugh to scorn;
disobey
etc.
742.
show fight,
show one's teeth,
show a bold front;
bluster,
look big,
stand akimbo,
beat one's chest;
double the fist,
shake the fist;
threaten
etc.
909.
challenge,
call out;
throw down the gauntlet,
fling down the gauntlet,
fling down the gage,
fling down the glove,
throw down the glove.
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Roget 719:
resist;
not submit
etc.
725;
repugn†,
reluct,
reluctate†,
withstand;
stand up against,
strive against,
bear up under,
bear up against,
be proof against,
make head against;
stand,
stand firm,
stand one's ground,
stand the brunt of,
stand out;
hold one's grounds,
hold one's own,
hold out,
hold firm.
breast the wave,
breast the current;
stem the tide,
stem the torrent;
face,
confront,
grapple with;
show a bold front
etc.
(courage)
861;
present a front;
make a stand,
take one's stand.
kick,
kick against;
recalcitrate†,
kick against the pricks;
oppose
etc.
708;
fly in the face of;
lift the hand against
etc.
(attack)
716;
rise up in arms
etc.
(war)
722;
strike,
turn out;
draw up a round robin
etc.
(remonstrate)
932;
revolt
etc.
(disobey)
742;
make a riot.
prendre le mors aux dents [Fr.],
take the bit between the teeth;
sell one's life dearly,
die hard,
keep at bay;
repel,
repulse.
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