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open the face

open the face verb: to turn the face of the bat outwards in order to hit the ball on the off side.

Verb

open the face (third-person singular simple present opens the face, present participle opening the face, simple past and past participle opened the face)

  1. (intransitive) To turn the face of the bat outwards in order to hit the ball on the off side.

Forms of open the face

third-person singular presentopens the face
present participleopening the face
past participleopened the face
pastopened the face

Questions about open the face

What does open the face mean?
Open the face means to turn the face of the bat outwards in order to hit the ball on the off side.
What part of speech is open the face?
Open the face is a verb.
What is the past tense of open the face?
The past tense of open the face is opened the face.

Words near open the face in the dictionary

  1. open texture
  2. open the attack
  3. open the ball
  4. open the batting
  5. open the door
  6. open the face
  7. open the floodgates
  8. open the kimono
  9. open the range
  10. open the schools
  11. open the way

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