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in-your-face adjective [ ɪnjəˈfeɪs ]

• blatantly aggressive or provocative; impossible to ignore or avoid.
• "hard-boiled, in-your-face action thrillers"
Origin: 1970s: from in your face, used as a derisive insult.

in one's face

• directly at or against one; as one approaches.
• "she slammed the door in my face"

in the face of

• when confronted with.
• "her resolution in the face of the enemy"


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