the color drained from someone's face
idiom
—used to say that someone became very pale
The color drained from her face when he told her there had been an accident.
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“The color drained from someone's face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20color%20drained%20from%20someone%27s%20face. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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