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rubbing someone's face in

rubbing someone's face in is the present participle and gerund 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 rubbing someone's face in

What is rubbing someone's face in the present participle and gerund of?
Rubbing someone's face in is the present participle and gerund of rub someone's face in.

Words near rubbing someone's face in in the dictionary

  1. rubbing salt in someone's wounds
  2. rubbing salt in the wound
  3. rubbing shoulders
  4. rubbing someone the wrong way
  5. rubbing someone up the wrong way
  6. rubbing someone's face in
  7. rubbing someone's nose in
  8. rubbing stone
  9. rubbing stones
  10. rubbing strip
  11. rubbing strips

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