rub it in
Example Sentences
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“Don’t rub it in their faces,” says Robin Stilwell, a family therapist in Boynton Beach, Fla.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
“You want to offer the premium end but you don’t want to rub it in people’s faces.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025
And to rub it in, they’re replacing “Dilbert” with “Peanuts: Oops All Franklin.”
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2023
I tell him not to rub it in, and he laughs.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022
He probably wore it over here on purpose, to rub it in my face that he only cared about the team.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
