under someone's nose in English

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          "sense": "visible",
          "word": "for næsen af"
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          "sense": "visible",
          "word": "nenän edestä"
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          "sense": "visible",
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "visible",
          "word": "sotto il proprio naso"
        },
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
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          "sense": "visible",
          "word": "debaixo do nariz"
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          "_dis1": "68 32",
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          "roman": "pod nósom",
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          "word": "под но́сом"
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          "sense": "obvious",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "obvious",
          "word": "davanti il proprio naso"
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          "roman": "pod nósom",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "visible",
      "word": "for næsen af"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "visible",
      "word": "nenän edestä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "visible",
      "word": "au nez et à la barbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "visible",
      "word": "sotto il proprio naso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "visible",
      "word": "debaixo do nariz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pod nósom",
      "sense": "visible",
      "word": "под но́сом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "واضح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jaliyy",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "جَلِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "for næsen af"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "nenän edessä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "sous le nez de"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "sotto il proprio naso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "davanti ai propri occhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "davanti il proprio naso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "debaixo do nariz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pod nósom",
      "sense": "obvious",
      "word": "под но́сом"
    }
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  "word": "under someone's nose"
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"under someone's nose" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase