throw something in someone's face

Definitions

1. To reject some act in a spiteful manner.
2. To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.
3. To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner.
4. To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, something, in, someone, face.

Examples

“I tried to make⟳ up after the argument, but he just threw it in my face⟳ and stormed off.”

“I supported you for months, and you've just thrown all that in my face⟳ by losing your job.”

“Bringing the kids along was clearly just an excuse⟳ to throw⟳ it in my face⟳ after the divorce.”

“M: In the long run⟳ is your annoyance at critics for dismissing these movies because they are gay outweighed by your glee in proving them wrong later on? G: I don't know⟳. It is sort⟳ of nice to be able to throw⟳ it in their face⟳. But whatever personal pleasure I get⟳ in doing that doesn't make⟳ up for the fact that some very interesting and important movies never get⟳ an audience and are never taken seriously.”

“She always throws that time I cheated in my face⟳ when we argue⟳. It was ten years ago!”

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