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in-your-face

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See also: in your face

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in-your-face (comparative more in-your-face, superlative most in-your-face)

  1. (informal) Aggressively or blatantly confrontational.
    • 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker[1], →ISSN:
      But the firm’s in-your-face attitude—and the relentless pressure to perform—takes its toll.
    • 2013 November 7, Jewly Wright, “K.T. Oslin: The Cream Interview”, in Nashville Scene[2]:
      It's sexual but not quite so in-your-face.
    • 2021 August 2, Taylor Lorenz, “The App With the Unprintable Name That Wants to Give Power to Creators”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
      The in-your-face name was deliberate, Ms. Lugrin said.
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