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show your face
to choose to be seen by other people You need to go out, show your face, chat to people. After the awful way you behaved, I wonder how you can show your face here.
show your face
if you show your face in a place, you go there, even when you feel embarrassed about something that you have done (always + adv/prep ) I don't know how he dares show his face in this pub after how he behaved the other night! If he ever shows his face in this town again, I'll get the police.
show (one's) face
To make an appearance: Don't show your face on my property again.