Face to face means directly facing one another. Sit face to face, a face to face meeting, meet face to face.
It is used most about meeting in person rather than by phone or screen, which is now its main work. A face to face conversation carries all the small signals that a call strips out.
1phraseface to faceDirectly facing one another.
“They had never met face to face in eight years of working together.”
face to face is a phrase.
Practised in Directions & Position