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loses face

loses face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lose face.

Meaning of lose face

Verb

lose face (third-person singular simple present loses face, present participle losing face, simple past and past participle lost face)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace.
    • "The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down...1942 March, “Notes and News: Monument to a Stillborn Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 88

Questions about loses face

What is loses face the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Loses face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lose face.

Words near loses face in the dictionary

  1. Loserville
  2. loses
  3. loses caste
  4. loses control
  5. loses count
  6. loses face
  7. loses ground
  8. loses heart
  9. loses it
  10. loses no time
  11. loses one's balance

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