"rub it in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-rub it in.ogg 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, idiomatic) To add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another. Tags: idiomatic, 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), jogar na cara (Portuguese), a răsuci cuțitul în rană (Romanian), сы́пать соль на ра́ну (sýpatʹ solʹ na ránu) (Russian), refregar (Spanish), restregar (Spanish), refrotar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(informal, idiomatic) To add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another."
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "add insult to injury",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "rozmazávat to"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "add insult to injury",
          "word": "retourner le fer dans la plaie"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "add insult to injury",
          "word": "en rajouter"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "add insult to injury",
          "word": "זרה מלח על פצעיו"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "add insult to injury",
          "word": "orra alá dörgöl"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "add insult to injury",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "add insult to injury",
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          "sense": "add insult to injury",
          "word": "a răsuci cuțitul în rană"
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          "sense": "add insult to injury",
          "word": "jogar na cara"
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          "sense": "add insult to injury",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "add insult to injury",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "add insult to injury",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
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      "word": "rozmazávat to"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "retourner le fer dans la plaie"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "en rajouter"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "זרה מלח על פצעיו"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "orra alá dörgöl"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "felemleget"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "sulykol"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "a răsuci cuțitul în rană"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sýpatʹ solʹ na ránu",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "сы́пать соль на ра́ну"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "jogar na cara"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "refregar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
      "word": "restregar"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "add insult to injury",
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