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on the face of it

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on the face of it

something that you say when you are describing the way a fact or situation seems in order to show that you think it may really be completely different. On the face of it, the trip seems quite cheap, but there could be extra expenses we don't know about yet.

See also: face

on the face of it

when first considered. On the face of it, the new system just moves our company into the computer age, but it may be more complicated than that.

See also: face

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