"run one's face" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: runs one's face [present, singular, third-person], running one's face [participle, present], ran one's face [past], run one's face [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> one's face}} run one's face (third-person singular simple present runs one's face, present participle running one's face, simple past ran one's face, past participle run one's face)
  1. (US, slang, dated) To obtain things on credit by sheer impudence. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-run_one's_face-en-verb-puFc-F01 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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