"wipe the smile off someone's face" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wipes the smile off someone's face [present, singular, third-person], wiping the smile off someone's face [participle, present], wiped the smile off someone's face [participle, past], wiped the smile off someone's face [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wipe the smile off someone's face (third-person singular simple present wipes the smile off someone's face, present participle wiping the smile off someone's face, simple past and past participle wiped the smile off someone's face)
  1. To cause someone to stop being happy or joyful.
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