set one's face against

English

Verb

set one's face against

(chiefly Britain) to be determined not to do something.

Further reading

“set your face against something” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
“set one's face against” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
“set your face against something” (US) / “set your face against something” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.

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