"in someone's face" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-in one's face.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} in someone's face
  1. (literally) Onto or into someone's face. Tags: literally Translations (literally): au visage (French), dans le visage (French), dans la tête (French)
    Sense id: en-in_someone's_face-en-prep_phrase-qqK-0Hq5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'literally': 91 9
  2. (idiomatic) In front of someone's face; before someone's eyes. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-in_someone's_face-en-prep_phrase-M~xuk8z5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in-your-face, in your face Related terms: to someone's face Translations (idiomatic): au visage (French), au nez (French), в глаза́ (v glazá) (Russian), в лицо́ (v licó) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'idiomatic': 55 45

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