"lose face" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈluːz ˈfeɪs\ Audio: En-au-lose face.ogg
  1. Perdre la face. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-lose_face-en-verb-JLYF1s4u Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: loss of face, give face, save face

Inflected forms

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    "(Date à préciser) Calque du chinois 丟臉, diū liǎn, signifiant littéralement « perdre la face »."
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    {
      "word": "give face"
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      "word": "save face"
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          "ref": "John Shelby Spong, Beyond Moralism: A Contemporary View of the Ten Commandments, HarperCollins (2000),ISBN 9781878282149, page non numérotée, 1986",
          "text": "Ahithophel, Absalom’s chief counsel, hanged himself when he lost face after his advice was rejected.",
          "translation": "La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Mel Robbins, Stop Saying You’re Fine: Discover a More Powerful You, Crown Archetype (2011),ISBN 9780307716729, page 221, 2011",
          "text": "When you start to feel unmotivated, you will look for ways to weasel out of your commitments. We all do it. If there’s a stealth way to back out, without ever losing face, you will do it without hesitation.",
          "translation": "La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)"
        },
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          "ref": "Sharon Pincott, Battle for the President’s Elephants: Life, Lunacy and Elation in the African Bush, Jacana Media (2012),ISBN 9781431403592, page 97, 2012",
          "text": "He had arranged for one of his managers to be present in the office with us, so I should have realised immediately that there was little chance of him backing down since that would have meant losing face in front of a subordinate.",
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        "Perdre la face."
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      "word": "give face"
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          "text": "Ahithophel, Absalom’s chief counsel, hanged himself when he lost face after his advice was rejected.",
          "translation": "La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Mel Robbins, Stop Saying You’re Fine: Discover a More Powerful You, Crown Archetype (2011),ISBN 9780307716729, page 221, 2011",
          "text": "When you start to feel unmotivated, you will look for ways to weasel out of your commitments. We all do it. If there’s a stealth way to back out, without ever losing face, you will do it without hesitation.",
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