show one's face

verb

To appear publicly.

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Meanings

verbshow 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)

present singular third person shows one's face · participle present showing one's face · past showed one's face · participle past shown one's face · US also participle past showed one's face

  1. informalTo appear publicly.

    But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.

    1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC

Translations

Finnish näyttäytyä, näyttää naamaansa
  • näyttäytyäTo appear publicly
  • näyttää naamaansaTo appear publicly
Hebrew הראה את הפרצוף שלו
  • הראה את הפרצוף שלו (hir'á ét hapartsúf sheló)To appear publicly
Cite this entry
APA

show one's face. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20one's%20face

MLA

“show one's face.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20one's%20face. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “show one's face,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20one's%20face.

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