cheek
• noun 1 either side of the face below the eye. 2 either of the buttocks. 3 impertinence; audacity. • verb speak impertinently to. — PHRASES cheek by jowl close together. turn the other cheek refrain from retaliating after an attack or insult. with biblical allusion to the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 5. — ORIGIN Old English.
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