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beats one's face

beats one's face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beat one's face.

Meaning of beat one's face

Verb

beat one's face (third-person singular simple present beats one's face, present participle beating one's face, simple past beat one's face, past participle beaten one's face or beat one's face)

  1. (gay slang and African-American Vernacular) To apply makeup.
    • Nicole took her time as she laid all her MAC cosmetics on the dresser in a neat row. After beating her face down she took off the ivory silk robe to hang it behind the door.2011, Natasha Johnigan, Unconditional, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 74
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, face.

Questions about beats one's face

What is beats one's face the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Beats one's face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beat one's face.

Words near beats one's face in the dictionary

  1. beats one's ass
  2. beats one's brain
  3. beats one's brains out
  4. beats one's breast
  5. beats one's chest
  6. beats one's face
  7. beats one's head against a stone wall
  8. beats one's meat
  9. beats one's swords into ploughshares
  10. beats one's swords into plowshares
  11. beats out

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