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given face

given face is the past participle of give face.

Meaning of give face

Verb (1)

give face (third-person singular simple present gives face, present participle giving face, simple past gave face, past participle given face)

  1. (idiomatic) To honor; to pay respect.
    • We gave face to one another.2000, Ko-lin Chin, Chinatown Gangs: Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity, page 200

Verb (2)

give face (third-person singular simple present gives face, present participle giving face, simple past gave face, past participle given face)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
    • Boys gave face, girls gave head.2011, J. Darroll Hall, The Lollipop Book, page 107

Verb (3)

give face (third-person singular simple present gives face, present participle giving face, simple past gave face, past participle given face)

  1. To confront.
    • He has been shot twice before, once when he was sixteen, that was some serious shit, sort of giving face to some dude, and the mother pulled out a.38 and boom, just like it was but a little more downtalk.1997, Scott Turow, The Laws of Our Fathers

Questions about given face

What is given face the past participle of?
Given face is the past participle of give face.

Words near given face in the dictionary

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  4. given ear
  5. given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow
  6. given face
  7. given forth
  8. given gray hair to
  9. given grey hair to
  10. given ground
  11. given hat

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