to spite one's face

See: CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE.

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face

[face] See: [BLUE IN THE FACE], [CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE], [FLY IN THE FACE OF], [HATCHET FACE], [HIDE ONE'S FACE], [IN ONE'S FACE], [IN THE FACE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cut off one's nose to spite one's face

[cut off one's nose to spite one's face] {v. phr.} To suffer from an action intended originally to harm another person. * /In walking out and leaving his employer in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in the face of

[in the face of] {adv. phr.} 1. When met or in the presence of; threatened by. * /He was brave in the face of danger./ * /She began to cry […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

spite

[spite] See: [CUT OFF ONE'S NOSE TO SPITE ONE'S FACE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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