Reverse Dictionary: CONFRONT

ADJECTIVES
1978 ► IN-YOUR-FACE confrontational; aggressively challenging; defiant; disrespectful; disdainful; provocative; unashamed → Amer. sl.

NOUNS
1894 ► RUN-IN a clash, fight, or confrontation; an argument or quarrel → colloq.
1896 ► FACE-OFF a confrontation, esp. one before action → Amer. sl.
M20. ► GO-AROUND  a confrontation or argument → colloq.
1990 ► ADDITOOD a confrontational manner → UK sl.
1990 ► SMACKDOWN a bitter confrontation or contest → colloq., orig. & chiefly US

PHRASES
1950 ► IN SOMEONE’S BUSINESS in a confrontational manner; used of one who forces their attentions on another → sl., orig. US
1950 ► IN SOMEONE’S FACE in a confrontational manner; used of one who forces their attentions on another → sl., orig. African-American

VERBS
1386 ► OPPOSE to confront with objections or hard questions; to examine, to interrogate, to question → obs.
1430 ► MEET IN THE FACE to confront directly 
L16.. ► FRONT  to confront, to face boldly, to oppose →  arch.
1632 ► NOSE to confront, face, or oppose, esp. in an impudent or insolent manner → obs.
1749 ► BEARD THE LION IN HIS DEN to confront, challenge, or defeat someone formidable or intimidating on his or her own ground 
1920 ► TAKE to confront, to attack → sl.
1950 ► GET IN SOMEONE’S FACE to confront, to provoke → sl.
1970 ► BASE to confront someone; to disparage or ridicule → African-American
1986 ► DARE UP TO to confront → Amer. dial.
1990 ► GET UP IN SOMEONE’S FACE to confront face-to-face → sl., orig. African-American
1993 ► BONE OUT to back down from a confrontation; to run away from danger → US sl.
2000 ► TACK UP to approach someone in a confrontational manner → US prison sl.