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Idiom

smash someone's face in

Meaning

To beat someone violently.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The angry man threatened to smash his face in.”

“The bully warned the smaller boy that he would smash his face in if he told the teacher.”

“The criminal grew increasingly aggressive, shouting that he would smash his face in if the witness dared to testify against him in court.”

Examples

simple

“The angry man threatened to smash his face in.”

contextual

“The bully warned the smaller boy that he would smash his face in if he told the teacher.”

complex

“The criminal grew increasingly aggressive, shouting that he would smash his face in if the witness dared to testify against him in court.”

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