put one's face on
put (one's) face on
To apply makeup to one's face. Especially said by or of a woman. Hold on, let me put my face on before you take a photo! She never leaves the house without putting her face on first.
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put one's face on
Apply makeup, as in Helen won't stir out of the house before she puts her face on. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s]
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