throw in someone's face

throw in someone's face idiom
Confront or upbraid someone with something, as in Dean keeps throwing her poor driving record in her face. [c. 1600]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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