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run one's face

run one's face verb: to obtain things on credit by sheer impudence.

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.

Forms of run one's face

third-person singular presentruns one's face
present participlerunning one's face
pastran one's face
past participlerun one's face

Questions about run one's face

What does run one's face mean?
Run one's face means to obtain things on credit by sheer impudence.
What part of speech is run one's face?
Run one's face is a verb.
What is the past tense of run one's face?
The past tense of run one's face is ran one's face.

Words near run one's face in the dictionary

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

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