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ran one's face

ran one's face is the simple past of run one's face.

Meaning of run one's face

Verb

run one's face (third-person singular simple present runs one's face, present participle running one's face, simple past ran one's face, past participle run one's face)

  1. (US, dated, slang) To obtain things on credit by sheer impudence.

Questions about ran one's face

What is ran one's face the simple past of?
Ran one's face is the simple past of run one's face.

Words near ran one's face in the dictionary

  1. ran off with
  2. ran on
  3. ran on empty
  4. ran on fumes
  5. ran one on
  6. ran one's face
  7. ran one's mouth
  8. ran one's mouth off
  9. ran one's name
  10. ran out
  11. ran out of gas

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