face-plant
Britishverb
noun
Example Sentences
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“It’s about being able to take a really big risk and to know you can face-plant and it’s okay,” Schraf says.
From Washington Post • May 19, 2022
But Gervais’ gleeful face-plant actually highlights the fact that a good host can make up for a lot of shortcomings for a ceremony that is only halfway consequential.
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2020
That would be a major – if perhaps not unexpected – face-plant for a team that played in the Super Bowl last season.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 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
Before Boo could face-plant once more, Aru caught him.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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