face-to-face

• face to face

face + to + face

face-to-face (plural face-to-faces)

1. A meeting, especially a meeting between two people conducted in person as opposed to a meeting conducted at a distance through technology.
   • 2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood's Silent Closet, page 607:

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

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

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

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

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

face-to-face (not comparable)

1. In one another's presence.

   a face-to-face meeting

face-to-face (not comparable)

1. While physically present.