make a face

[make a face] {v. phr.}, {informal} To twist your face; make an ugly expression on your face (as by sticking out your tongue).

* /The boy made a face at his teacher when she turned her back./

* /The sick boy swallowed the medicine and made a face./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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