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rubbed someone's face in

rubbed someone's face in is the simple past and past participle of rub someone's face in.

Meaning of rub someone's face in

Verb

rub someone's face in (third-person singular simple present rubs someone's face in, present participle rubbing someone's face in, simple past and past participle rubbed someone's face in)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, face, in.

Questions about rubbed someone's face in

What is rubbed someone's face in the simple past and past participle of?
Rubbed someone's face in is the simple past and past participle of rub someone's face in.

Words near rubbed someone's face in in the dictionary

  1. rubbed salt in someone's wounds
  2. rubbed salt in the wound
  3. rubbed shoulders
  4. rubbed someone the wrong way
  5. rubbed someone up the wrong way
  6. rubbed someone's face in
  7. rubbed someone's nose in
  8. rubbed the fear of God into
  9. rubbed up
  10. rubbed up against
  11. rubbed up on

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