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look in the face |
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look someone in the face and look someone in the eye; stare someone in the face Fig. to face someone directly. (Facing someone this way is a sign of sincerity.) I don't believe you. Look me in the eye and say that, She looked him in the face and said she never wanted to see him again. look somebody in the face to look directly at someone without fear or shame I don't know how you can look your sister in the face after what you've done. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Look in the face of him and you'll see it wrote there. “Is it no harm, Benny Pump,” said Natty, raising his eyes with a piteous look in the face of the steward—” is it no harm to show off a man in his seventy-first year, like a tame bear, for the settlers to look on? |
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