# throw something in someone's face

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To reject some act in a spiteful manner.
2. To repay an act of kindness with disappointment or betrayal.
3. To lord over someone by exerting dominance, following a successful confrontation; sometimes in a subtle or snide manner.
4. To raise a past transgression in order to admonish someone.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, something, in, someone, face.

## Etymology
The figurative act of throwing a gift (senses 1 and 2), prize (sense 3) or merely an object (sense 4) in someone's face.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/throw-something-in-someone-s-face