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Meaning of confront one's demons | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.

idiomatic

Examples

“But a personal and almost menopausal crisis brings him back to an Edinburgh he hardly recognises. As if in a Sergio Leone film, Renton has an obscure need⟳ to return⟳, to confront the demons of his past, in particular the three guys he ripped off after a drug deal⟳ at the end⟳ of the last⟳ story.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

confronted confronted one's demons confrontes confrontest confronteth confronting

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