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Definition of in a person's face
in (one's) face
adjective
- to be aggressive towards.
Why are you getting in my face?
Citation from "Bx. idiots beat up 'Arab' in revenge", New York Post, Jamie Schram, Laurel Babcock, Bob Fredericks, April 18 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "K.T. Oslin: The Cream Interview", Nashville Scene, Jewly Hight, November 7 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to intimidate, scare, confront.
Last edited on Sep 11 2016. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
interjection
- interjection yelled at someone, typically after insulting them or beating them in some task.
Citation from "H.O.U.S.E. Rules", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 11 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Lobsterfest", Bob's Burgers (TV), Season 1 Episode 12 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 3 (2006) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: retorts and taunts (list of).
Last edited on Mar 02 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'retorts and taunts (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: a general insult or insulting retort. | |
| Definitions include: angry retort. | |
| Definitions include: a bad fall or crash. | |
| Definitions include: "Provide proof or STFU", i.e. "Provide proof or shut the fuck up", i.e. "Provide proof or stop talking." | |
| Definitions include: an angry retort; "bite me". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "shut the fuck up". | |
| Definitions include: a dismissive retort; "screw off". | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: dismissive retort. | |
| Definitions include: uncaring retort. | |
| Definitions include: "fuck a duck". | |
| Definitions include: alternate pronunciation of "fuck all of you". | |
| Definitions include: an angry retort. | |
| Definitions include: general insulting retort to a female. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "lick my pussy". | |
Other terms relating to 'to intimidate, scare, confront': | |
| Definitions include: to scare badly. | |
| Definitions include: to approach someone in a hostile manner. | |
| Definitions include: to scare someone tremendously. | |
| Definitions include: to react with extreme emotion. | |
| Definitions include: to scare someone extremely bad; "scare the crap out of". | |
| Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at someone with an intimidating expression; "glare". | |
| Definitions include: to push around. | |
| Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else. | |
| Definitions include: to scare someone extremely bad; "scare the crap out of". | |
| Definitions include: an unpleasant woman; "bitch". | |
| Definitions include: to verbally confront. | |
| Definitions include: to scare someone tremendously. | |
| Definitions include: to scare someone extremely bad; "scare the crap out of". | |
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Other terms relating to 'face': | |
| Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
| Definitions include: a person who behaves in an offensive, pompous manner; "ass". | |
| Definitions include: a lie that is so obvious that it is detected immediately. | |
| Definitions include: a general insult. | |
| Definitions include: a bitch. | |
| Definitions include: a woman with an attractive body, but an ugly face. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is butt ugly or stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a person who has large, deep, pit-like scars on their face, typically caused by severe acne. | |
| Definitions include: a general insult. | |
| Definitions include: an unkind person; "jerk"; "ass". | |
| Definitions include: extremely ugly; "hideous". | |
| Definitions include: form of address for an attractive person or one's significant other. | |
| Definitions include: ugly. | |
| Definitions include: the face made by puckering one's lips as if to kiss someone. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "face to face". | |
Other terms relating to 'in': | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: included. | |
| Definitions include: clitoris. | |
| Definitions include: to intrude. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury | |
| Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
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