show one's face en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(informal) To appear publicly.
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, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shows one's face | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| shown one's face | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| showed one's face | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US, also | lexicographic |
| showed one's face | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| showing one's face | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
fi näyttää naamaansa (To appear publicly) · fi näyttäytyä (To appear publicly) · he הראה את הפרצוף שלו (To appear publicly)