"make faces" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make faces.ogg Forms: makes faces [present, singular, third-person], making faces [participle, present], made faces [participle, past], made faces [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> faces}} make faces (third-person singular simple present makes faces, present participle making faces, simple past and past participle made faces)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) Alternative form of make a face Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, intransitive Alternative form of: make a face
    Sense id: en-make_faces-en-verb-MH6~lni7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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