English Explanatory Dictionary

throw something in someone's face

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reject some act in a spiteful manner.
  2. To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.
  3. To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner.
  4. To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, something, in, someone, face.

Word forms

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Etymology

The figurative act of throwing a gift (senses 1 and 2), prize (sense 3) or merely an object (sense 4) in someone's face.

Synonyms

rub something in someone's face
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