to face the music / d( b0 Z5 p3 C to take the consequences for one’s actions, usually unpleasant consequences - g6 j8 p b* R' Y c EXAMPLE: ! x/ }) ], x2 S' Y9 U9 ? The sales manager had made all his successful sales representatives so angry that they all quit last week, and so he had to return to meet his boss at headquarters and face the music.