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frown on

Idioms  

  1. Regard with disapproval or distaste, as in Pat frowns on bad language. this idiom transfers the disapproving facial expression to the thought it expresses. [Late 1500s]

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The Justices sound ready to frown on his firing of Lisa Cook.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Justices sound ready to frown on his firing of Lisa Cook.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Justices sound ready to frown on his firing of Lisa Cook.

From The Wall Street Journal

She grinned as she explained that some sculptures of famed Buddhist monk Ji Gong even showed him smiling on one side of his face and frowning on the other.

From Barron's

What he wears that is noticeable is the heavy frown on his face.

From Los Angeles Times

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