“face of”

The following 4 entries include the term face of.

on the face of it

idiom

: from only what is known at first

on the face of the earth

idiom

: in the world

the face of the earth

noun phrase

: everywhere in the world

wipe (someone or something) off the face of the earth

idiom

: to destroy (someone or something) completely


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