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face⋅down

  [adv. feys-doun; n. feys-doun]
Use face-down in a Sentence
–adverb
1. with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
–noun
2. Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
Origin:
1930–35; (def. 1) face + down 1 ; (def. 2) n. use of v. phrase face down
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face-down also face down   (fās'doun')
adv.  In a position so that the face is down: a victim floating face-down in the water.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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