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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
face-plant .
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Examples
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In another scene, Spain's Rocio Delgado was caught, spread-eagle, over a jump, then face-planted herself at the bottom.
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Richard tripped on a wire and face-planted on the ground and everybody laughed, even though Richard cut his face and bled throughout the rest of the ceremony.
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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Instead, "Ninja Assassin" face-planted in the company of "New Moon" and its competitors — which is not an unprecedented move for ninja, mind you — by landing in fifth place with a mere $5.7 million, bringing the film's cumulative total to $13.5 million since Wednesday.
‘New Moon’ Roundhouses ‘Ninja Assassin’ In The Saturday Box Office Report » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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Richard tripped on a wire and face-planted on the ground and everybody laughed, even though Richard cut his face and bled throughout the rest of the ceremony.
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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Or perhaps the time I face-planted while diving for a volleyball in gym, I said, grimacing.
Pucker Up Rhonda Stapleton 2010
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The actor hurried away so quickly he forgot to watch his feet, stumbled over a bench, and face-planted in the landscaping.
BELLY UP STUART GIBBS 2010
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My face flushed, my eyes glistened, and there I was, face-planted into my past.
Jesse Kornbluth: Carole King & James Taylor's DVD Is An Instant Face-Plant Into Nostalgia 2010
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The actor hurried away so quickly he forgot to watch his feet, stumbled over a bench, and face-planted in the landscaping.
BELLY UP STUART GIBBS 2010
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Or perhaps the time I face-planted while diving for a volleyball in gym, I said, grimacing.
Pucker Up Rhonda Stapleton 2010
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He yapped from the bench, and later picked himself up off the ice after being face-planted into the glass.
USATODAY.com 2008
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