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lose face

idiom

To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bash someone's face in

    To beat someone violently.

  2. 02

    be someone's to lose

    To be anticipated to be won by someone.

  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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