written all over someone's face

Definition of written all over someone's face

  1. :  showing or evident by a person's expression Her guilt was written all over her face.

Word by Word Definitions

writeplay written
  1. :  to form (as characters or symbols) on a surface with an instrument (as a pen)


    :  to spell in writing

  1. :  the whole amount, quantity, or extent of

    :  as much as possible

    :  every member or individual component of

  1. :  wholly, quite

    :  only, exclusively

    :  just



    :  everybody, everything



    :  across the goal line in football

    :  forward beyond an edge or brink and often down




  1. :  upper, higher

    :  outer, covering

    :  excessive

  1. :  to leap over

  1. :  some person :  somebody


    :  the face as a means of identification :  countenance

    :  presence, sight

  1. :  to confront impudently

    :  to line near the edge especially with a different material

    :  to cover the front or surface of

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contemplative of or relative to the past

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