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Boat

idiom
Slang Cockney rhyming slang · East London

face


Origin

via boat race

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bash someone's face in

    To beat someone violently.

  2. 02

    blow up in one's face

    To fail disastrously.

  3. 03

    break someone's face

    To beat up someone violently.

  4. 04

    butter face

    Alternative form of butterface.

  5. 05

    close the face

    To turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.

  6. 06

    cut off one's nose to spite one's face

    To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.

  7. 07

    face down

    To confront; to abash by stern looks.

  8. 08

    face like the back end of a bus

    A very ugly face.

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