face-plant
verb /ˈfeɪs plɑːnt/
/ˈfeɪs plænt/
(also faceplant)
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they face plant | /ˈfeɪs plɑːnt/ /ˈfeɪs plænt/ |
| he / she / it face plants | /ˈfeɪs plɑːnts/ /ˈfeɪs plænts/ |
| past simple face planted | /ˈfeɪs plɑːntɪd/ /ˈfeɪs plæntɪd/ |
| past participle face planted | /ˈfeɪs plɑːntɪd/ /ˈfeɪs plæntɪd/ |
| -ing form face planting | /ˈfeɪs plɑːntɪŋ/ /ˈfeɪs plæntɪŋ/ |
- to fall so that you are lying on your front with your face on the ground
- Then Tom lost control and face-planted in the dirt.