throwing something in someone's face

Verb

throw something in someone's face (third-person singular simple present throws something in someone's face, present participle throwing something in someone's face, simple past threw something in someone's face, past participle thrown something in someone's face)

1. To reject some act in a spiteful manner.
   • I tried to make up after the argument, but he just threw it in my face and stormed off.
2. To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.
   • I supported you for months, and you've just thrown all that in my face by losing your job.
3. To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner.
   • Bringing the kids along was clearly just an excuse to throw it in my face after the divorce.

   Synonyms:

   rub something in someone's face

4. To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone.
   • She always throws that time I cheated in my face when we argue. It was ten years ago!
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, something, in, someone, face.