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throw something in someone's face

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To reject some act in a spiteful manner. / To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.

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throw something in someone's face

verb

To reject some act in a spiteful manner. / To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.

She threw the evidence in his face.

意味（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.

意味（2）

To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.

意味（3）

To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner.

意味（4）

To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone.

意味（5）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, something, in, someone, face.