Definitions:

1. A meeting or conversation between people who are physically in the same place. NOUN
   • I think it's time we met for a face-to-face.
2. Directly experiencing or having to deal with a situation, usually a difficult one. ADVERB
   • He's standing face-to-face with an issue similar to the one that ended his predecessor's leadership.
3. Directly meeting someone in the same place. ADVERB
   • We have spoken on the phone but never face-to-face.

Synonyms:

• across the table
• directly
• eye to eye
• facing each other
• in person
• in the flesh
• in the same space
• one-on-one
• opposite each other
• personally
• up close