cut off one's nose to spite one's face
English
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Verb
editcut off one's nose to spite one's face (third-person singular simple present cuts off one's nose to spite one's face, present participle cutting off one's nose to spite one's face, simple past and past participle cut off one's nose to spite one's face)
Translations
editharm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary
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edit- “cut off one's nose to spite one's face”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “cut off your nose to spite your face”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “cut off your nose to spite your face”, in Collins English Dictionary.