face-plant
Britishverb
noun
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Still others — and maybe most of them — just love seeing a Los Angeles team do a face-plant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
But as Cuccinelli's face-plant shows, any effort to pull this off is bound to fail.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2019
And I’d willingly do a face-plant in Cucina Al Volo’s smoked pappardelle with wild boar ragu, if it means I could eat it faster.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2019
After taking a face-plant on a long-shot $2,000 investment in American Apparel stock, just months before the company declared bankruptcy, he bought a 1982 Rolex Submariner for $13,000.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2019
Next thing I know, I’m tripping over something and almost face-plant in front of everyone.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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