set one's face against

  • 1set one's face against — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be very much against; strongly disapprove. * /The banker s daughter wanted to marry a poor boy, but her father set his face against it./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2set one's face against — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be very much against; strongly disapprove. * /The banker s daughter wanted to marry a poor boy, but her father set his face against it./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3set\ one's\ face\ against — v. phr. literary To be very much against; strongly disapprove. The banker s daughter wanted to marry a poor boy, but her father set his face against it …

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  • 4set one's face against — resist with determination. → face …

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  • 5To set one's self against — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6To set one's cap for — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7To set one's teeth — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8set — /set/, v., set, setting, n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table. 2. to place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet. 3. to place in some relation to something …

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  • 9face — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. facing; countenance, visage, physiognomy, lineaments, features; front, facade, facet, obverse; van, first line; prestige, reputation; effrontery, insolence; mug, map, puss, phiz (all sl.). See… …

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  • 10face — faceable, adj. /fays/, n., v., faced, facing. n. 1. the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin. 2. a look or expression on this part: a sad face. 3. an expression or look that indicates ridicule, disgust, etc.; grimace: The child… …

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