"show one's face" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-show one's face.ogg [Australia] Forms: shows one's face [present, singular, third-person], showing one's face [participle, present], showed one's face [past], shown one's face [participle, past], showed one's face [US, also, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|show<,,,shown:􂀿US also􂁀> one's face}} show one's face (third-person singular simple present shows one's face, present participle showing one's face, simple past showed one's face, past participle shown one's face or (US also) showed one's face)
  1. (informal) To appear publicly. Tags: informal Translations (To appear publicly): näyttäytyä (Finnish), näyttää naamaansa (Finnish), הראה את הפרצוף שלו (hir'á ét hapartsúf sheló) (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-show_one's_face-en-verb-GbRE98-1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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