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face value

idiom

No more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    added value

    The positive value difference produced by someone who adds value.

  2. 02

    bash someone's face in

    To beat someone violently.

  3. 03

    blow up in one's face

    To fail disastrously.

  4. 04

    Boat

    [Cockney slang]face

    via boat race

  5. 05

    break someone's face

    To beat up someone violently.

  6. 06

    butter face

    Alternative form of butterface.

  7. 07

    close the face

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

  8. 08

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

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

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