put one's face on

put one's face on idiom
Apply makeup, as in Helen won't stir out of the house before she puts her face on. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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