"wash its face" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "washes its face",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washing its face",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washed its face",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washed its face",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "wash its face (third-person singular simple present washes its face, present participle washing its face, simple past and past participle washed its face)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mark Kermode, Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics, page 259",
          "text": "At a cost of around $130 million, the film needed to take at least $260 worldwide to wash its face at the box-office.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Tim Walker, Smoke Over Malibu, page 115",
          "text": "The Axeman movie had barely washed its face at the box office, and was already expected to suffer a reboot.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay for itself; to make enough revenue to cover the costs of its production."
      ],
      "id": "en-wash_its_face-en-verb-UoPFTod7",
      "links": [
        [
          "pay for itself",
          "pay for itself"
        ],
        [
          "revenue",
          "revenue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To pay for itself; to make enough revenue to cover the costs of its production."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wash its face"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "washes its face",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washing its face",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washed its face",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "washed its face",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "wash its face (third-person singular simple present washes its face, present participle washing its face, simple past and past participle washed its face)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mark Kermode, Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics, page 259",
          "text": "At a cost of around $130 million, the film needed to take at least $260 worldwide to wash its face at the box-office.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Tim Walker, Smoke Over Malibu, page 115",
          "text": "The Axeman movie had barely washed its face at the box office, and was already expected to suffer a reboot.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay for itself; to make enough revenue to cover the costs of its production."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pay for itself",
          "pay for itself"
        ],
        [
          "revenue",
          "revenue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To pay for itself; to make enough revenue to cover the costs of its production."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wash its face"
}