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rubs someone's nose in

rubs someone's nose in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rub someone's nose in.

Meaning of rub someone's nose in

Verb

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

  1. To confront someone with (facts or evidence) that they find unpleasant in order to make them suffer.
    • I want him to rub his nose in the issue. I want a local judgement about a local or specific event, supposed to have happened in a particular region of time and space.2005, Simon Blackburn, Truth: A Guide, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, nose, in.

Questions about rubs someone's nose in

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

Words near rubs someone's nose in in the dictionary

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

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