rub someone's nose in (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To confront someone with (facts or evidence) that they find unpleasant in order to make them suffer.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, nose, in.
Forms:
form: rubs someone's nose in
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rubbing someone's nose in
tags: participle
present
form: rubbed someone's nose in
tags: participle
past
form: rubbed someone's nose in
tags: past