"rub it in" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-rub it in.ogg [Australia] Forms: rubs it in [present, singular, third-person], rubbing it in [participle, present], rubbed it in [participle, past], rubbed it in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rub it in (third-person singular simple present rubs it in, present participle rubbing it in, simple past and past participle rubbed it in)
  1. (informal) To add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another. Tags: informal Related terms: rub in, rub salt in the wound Translations (add insult to injury): rozmazávat to [neuter] (Czech), retourner le fer dans la plaie (French), en rajouter (French), זרה מלח על פצעיו (Hebrew), orra alá dörgöl (Hungarian), felemleget (Hungarian), sulykol (Hungarian), a răsuci cuțitul în rană (Romanian), сы́пать соль на ра́ну (sýpatʹ solʹ na ránu) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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