break someone's face

verb

To beat up someone violently.

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Meanings

verbbreak someone's face (third-person singular simple present breaks someone's face, present participle breaking someone's face, simple past broke someone's face, past participle broken someone's face)

present singular third person breaks someone's face · participle present breaking someone's face · past broke someone's face · participle past broken someone's face

  1. idiomaticinformalTo beat up someone violently.
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Chicago

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