Usually means: Harm oneself out of spite.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word cut off one's nose to spite one's face:

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  1. cut off one's nose to spite one's face: Merriam-Webster
  2. cut off one's nose to spite one's face: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cut off one's nose to spite one's face, cut off one's nose to spite one's face: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cut off one's nose to spite one's face, cut off ones nose to spite ones face: Dictionary.com
  5. cut off one's nose to spite one's face: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (cut off one's nose to spite one's face)

verb:  (idiomatic) To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.


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