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rubs someone's face in

rubs someone's face in is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rubs someone's face in

What is rubs someone's face in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rubs someone's face in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rub someone's face in.

Words near rubs someone's face in in the dictionary

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

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