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break someone's face

break someone's face verb: to beat up someone violently.

Verb

break someone's face (third-person singular simple present breaks someone's face, present participle breaking someone's face, simple past broke someone's face, past participle broken someone's face)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To beat up someone violently.

Forms of break someone's face

third-person singular presentbreaks someone's face
present participlebreaking someone's face
pastbroke someone's face
past participlebroken someone's face

Questions about break someone's face

What does break someone's face mean?
Break someone's face means to beat up someone violently.
What part of speech is break someone's face?
Break someone's face is a verb.
What is the past tense of break someone's face?
The past tense of break someone's face is broke someone's face.

Words near break someone's face in the dictionary

  1. break sheer
  2. break shins
  3. break silence
  4. break someone's back
  5. break someone's balls
  6. break someone's face
  7. break someone's heart
  8. break squelch
  9. break stride
  10. break the back of
  11. break the bank

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