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"etymology_text": "The figurative act of throwing a gift (senses 1 and 2), prize (sense 3) or merely an object (sense 4) in someone's face.",
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"To reject some act in a spiteful manner."
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"To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal."
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"text": "Bringing the kids along was clearly just an excuse to throw it in my face after the divorce.",
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"ref": "1990 August 11, Michael Bronski, George Mansour, “The Happy Booker”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 5, page 8",
"text": "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?\nG: 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.",
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"To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner."
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"text": "She always throws that time I cheated in my face when we argue. It was ten years ago!",
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"To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone."
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"ref": "1990 August 11, Michael Bronski, George Mansour, “The Happy Booker”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 5, page 8",
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