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make faces

idiom
Meaning

Alternative form of make a face.


Examples
SIMPLE

Please stop making faces at your brother.

CONTEXTUAL

The toddler started making faces when he tasted the bitter medicine.

COMPLEX

Despite the serious nature of the meeting, the bored intern could not resist making faces behind the manager's back.

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    One feels more love or affection for those one loves when parted from them.

  2. 02

    bash someone's face in

    To beat someone violently.

  3. 03

    blow up in one's face

    To fail disastrously.

  4. 04

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  5. 05

    break someone's face

    To beat up someone violently.

  6. 06

    butter face

    Alternative form of butterface.

  7. 07

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  8. 08

    close the face

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

Last updated April 17, 2026