lose face

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be less respected or look stupid because of sth you have done

   -- A PROSECUTOR WHO DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE FACE, WHO HAD A POLITICAL CAREER IN THE OFFING MAYBE AND DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THIS COME BACK AND HAUNT HIM.

In the movies · 3

• ...who will soon be losing face.The Batman2022
• -- A PROSECUTOR WHO DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE FACE, WHO HAD A POLITICAL CAREER IN THE OFFING MAYBE AND DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THIS COME BACK AND HAUNT HIM.The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz2014
• I agree. They're not gonna lose face in America and the rest of the world.The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006
• Don't even worry about it. I will not lose face.Mulan1998
• l couldn't let him lose face in front of you.My Best Friend's Wedding1997
• So, without anybody losing too much face...Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998
• Huh. -Can this face lose?Luca2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Luca2021
  • Mom Bans Luca From the Surface
  • Luca Learns to Walk on Land
  • Alberto Teaches Silenzio, Bruno

From the same entry

• disappear off the face of the earth
• face doesn't fit
• face is like thunder
• face to face
• face to face with
• face up
• have the face to do
• in face
• in the face of
• on the face of it
• pull faces face
• put your face on