BLOW UP IN ONE'S FACE

Meaning of BLOW UP IN ONE'S FACE in English

v. phr. , informal To fail completely and with unexpected force. The thief's plan to rob the bank blew up in his face when a policeman stopped him.

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BLOW UP IN ONE'S FACE — phrasal : to fail completely and publicly especially in such a way as to embarrass his whole scheme blew up …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLOW UP IN ONE'S FACE — {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail completely and with unexpected force. * /The thief's plan to rob the bank blew up …
Slang English vocab
BLOW UP IN ONE'S FACE — {v. phr.}, {informal} To fail completely and with unexpected force. * /The thief's plan to rob the bank blew up …
Словарь английских идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin facia, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FACE — — faceable , adj. /fays/ , n. , v. , faced, facing . n. 1. the front part of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLOW — blow 1 /bloh/ , n. 1. a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * facia, from Latin facies make, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
FACE — vi to present a face or front. 2. face ·noun the style or cut of a type or font of …
Webster English vocab
BLOW — noun the spouting of a whale. 2. blow ·vt to inflate, as with pride; to puff up. 3. blow ·vi …
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FACE — / feɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FRONT OF HEAD 1. the front part of the head between …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLOW — / bləʊ; NAmE bloʊ/ verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb ( blew / bluː; NAmE / blown / bləʊn; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FACE — I. face 1 S1 W1 /feɪs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLOW — I. blow 1 S2 W3 /bləʊ $ bloʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense blew /bluː/, past participle blown /bləʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FACE — n. & v. --n. 1 the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FACE — n. & v. n. 1 the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
FACE — n. & v. --n. 1. the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FACE — I. NOUN USES /feɪs/ ( faces) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Please …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLOW — I. VERB USES /bloʊ/ ( blows, blowing, blew, blown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLOW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blow to sb/sth's credibilty (= something that damages credibility ) ▪ The case …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FACE — n. 1 visage, countenance, physiognomy, features, lineaments, Slang mug, mush, kisser, pan, puss, Brit phiz, phizog, dial, clock I don't …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FACE — 1. сущ. 1) а) лицо; физиономия; лик to look smb. in the face ≈ смотреть кому-л. в глаза to powder …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FACE — face.ogg 1. feıs n 1. 1> лицо, физиономия face massage - массаж лица face angle - антр. лицевой угол black …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLOW — blow.ogg _I bləʋ n 1. удар retaliatory blow - ответный удар; возмездие illegal blow - спорт. запрещённый удар at a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FACE — 1) передняя поверхность; верхняя поверхность; наружная поверхность 2) лицо, лицевая сторона, лицевая поверхность; лобовая поверхность 3) грань ( напр. геометрической …
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