show one's face
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
- (informal) To appear publicly.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V:
- But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V:
Translations
To appear publicly
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References
- “show your face” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “show your face”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “show your face” (US) / “show your face” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.