Communication
face to face
in person
If you talk to someone face to face, you talk to them in person rather than by phone or message.
Hear it in real life
Can we discuss the complaint by email?
I would rather speak face to face.
Some problems are much easier to solve face to face.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We discussed the complaint face with face.
Say: We discussed the complaint face to face.
The fixed expression is “face to face,” with “to” between the repeated words.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
talk face to face; meet face to face
Your turn: say it out loud
Some problems are much easier to solve face to face.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
face to face
in person
“Some problems are much easier to solve face to face.”
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