throw something in someone's face (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To reject some act in a spiteful manner.
glosses: To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.
glosses: To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner.
glosses: To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, something, in, someone, face.
Forms:
form: throws something in someone's face
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: throwing something in someone's face
tags: participle
present
form: threw something in someone's face
tags: past
form: thrown something in someone's face
tags: participle
past