pull a face (at someone)



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pull a face (at someone)

To make a grimacing or humorously distorted facial expression (at someone). Young lady, don't you pull a face at me! You will eat your broccoli or you won't have any dessert. The teacher scolded Jimmy for pulling faces at her from the back of class. When I told him my mother was coming over for dinner, John just pulled a face and went down to the basement.
See also: face, pull

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Shelia-English
Robert['rɔbət]
Lara (1)LAHR-ə (English), LAH-rah (German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
Sampson['sæmpsən]
EirikAY-rikNorwegian
WillieWIL-eeEnglish