lose face

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lose face

Fig. to lose status; to become less respectable. John is more afraid of losing face than losing money. Things will go better if you can explain to him where he was wrong without making him lose face.

See also: face, lose

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By trading accusations in public, the whole community is getting tarnished and will lose respect in the eyes of employers, who hire Indians and also lose face among the many nationalities that live in Bahrain. Stop the bickering! by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain) George Burley left as he did not want to lose face but that was a big shock for the players Football: Whipping boys Gers are Floged by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Either they lose face if they free them, or they are really out on a limb if they execute them. Agony of wait as deadline for hostage's death passes; Silence from ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			loop loose loose cannon loose ends Loose lips sink ships loosen loosen tongue loosen up lop off lope along lord lord and master lord it over Lord knows I've tried Lord love a duck! Lord only knows lose lose a bundle lose appetite lose at lose by lose contact with lose cool lose count of lose edge lose face lose grip lose ground lose ground to lose head lose heart lose heart to lose hold on lose in lose it lose marbles lose mind lose money on lose nerve lose oneself in lose out lose out to lose patience lose rag lose reason lose shirt lose sight of lose sleep lose sleep over lose some amount of time lose temper			lose (one's) head lose (one's) heart to lose (one's) heart to lose (one's) heart to lose (one's) heart to lose (one's) shirt lose (one's) tongue lose (one's) tongue lose (one's) tongue lose a bundle lose an opportunity lose appetite lose at lose by lose by breach of condition lose by default Lose confidence Lose confidence Lose confidence Lose confidence lose contact with Lose Control lose cool lose cool lose cool lose cool lose count of lose courage lose edge Lose Electrons Oxidation lose face lose favor lose figure lose figure lose figure lose figure lose figure lose grip lose grip lose grip lose grip lose grip lose grip on lose grip on someone or something lose ground lose ground lose ground lose ground lose ground lose ground to lose head lose head lose head lose head lose head lose heart lose heart lose heart lose heart lose heart lose heart to

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