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face-lift definition

☆ face·-lift (fās′lift′)

noun

  1. plastic surgery for removing wrinkles, sagging flesh, etc. from the face
  2. an altering, repairing, cleaning, etc., as of the exterior of a building
Also face lift

transitive verb

to perform a face-lift on (a person, building, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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