pull a face

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pull a face (third-person singular simple present pulls a face, present participle pulling a face, simple past and past participle pulled a face)

  1. (idiomatic) To make an abnormal facial expression, either intentionally or because of an emotion.
    • 2021, Paula Hawkins, chapter 26, in A Slow Fire Burning, [New York, N.Y.]: Random House Large Print, →ISBN, page 281:
      “This is about Daniel?” Irene said, and Laura pulled a face. “Yeah, of course it is! Of course it’s about Daniel—I haven’t slept with anyone else who’s carked it lately, have I? I’m a witness, that’s all; I was the last person to see him, you know, alive. It’s nothing to worry about.”
    • 2025 September 14, Daniel Boffey, “Racism or celebration? What England’s flag-hoisters are saying – and what others are hearing”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2026:
      At the back of the cafe, McCormack pulled a face. The former leader of the English Defence League was not for her.

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