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from the face of the earth

from the face of the earth prepositional phrase: synonym of off the face of the earth.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of off the face of the earth.

Synonyms of from the face of the earth

Questions about from the face of the earth

What does from the face of the earth mean?
From the face of the earth means synonym of off the face of the earth.
What part of speech is from the face of the earth?
From the face of the earth is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from the face of the earth in the dictionary

  1. from the bottom of one's heart
  2. from the cradle to the grave
  3. from the dead
  4. from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
  5. from the East German judge
  6. from the face of the earth
  7. from the first
  8. from the gecko
  9. from the get
  10. from the get-go
  11. from the getgo

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