"losing face" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} losing face
  1. present participle and gerund of lose face Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: lose face
    Sense id: en-losing_face-en-verb-ASy5YHsU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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