set one's face against

set one's face against (third-person singular simple present sets one's face against, present participle setting one's face against, simple past and past participle set one's face against)

1. (chiefly UK) to be determined not to do something.

• “set your face against something” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “set one's face against”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “set your face against something” (US) / “set your face against something” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.