To make a promise or give an assurance with great conviction.

Face to face. / Despite.

(euphemistic) The inevitable road to death; mortality.

(British spelling) Alternative form of horse of a different color

(telecommunications) Relating to activity outside of a defined telecommunications frequency band.

(idiomatic) Far excelling even the closest contender; not having any worthy competition.

Alternative form of bolt from the blue

(biblical) Four beings in Revelation 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each riding a different-colored horse representing a different aspect of the Apocalypse.

past participle of grow out of

People's acceptance, for the sake of appreciation of art (including literature and the like), of what they know to be a nonfactual premise of the work of art.