English
Verb
to make a face (phrasal verb)
- (colloquial) To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste.
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1849, “Mr. Jolly Green's Account Of The Great Paris Excursion”, in W. Harrison Ainsworth, editor, The New monthly magazine, volume 86, page 98:- I looked at Tomkins to see whether, by chance, he had made a face at his lordship, ...
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to make a facial expression
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- Russian: ко́рчить ро́жу impf (kórčitʹ róžu) ско́рчить ро́жу pf (skórčitʹ róžu), стро́ить грима́су impf (stróitʹ grimásu), состро́ить грима́су pf (sostróitʹ grimásu), криви́ть лицо́ impf (krivítʹ licó), скриви́ть лицо́ pf (skrivítʹ licó)
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