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set one's face against

set one's face against

Strongly disapprove, as in Her parents set their faces against her eloping. The term set one's face has been used in the sense of "assume a fixed facial expression" since the mid-1500s.
See also: face, set

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Carolineka-ro-LEEN (French), KER-ə-lien (English), KER-ə-lin (English), KAR-ə-lien (English), KAR-ə-lin (English)French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pekko-Finnish Mythology
TessieTES-eeEnglish
Leocadius-Late Roman
BarbroBAHR-brooSwedish
Waimarie-Maori
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