rub someone's nose in
idiom
informal
: to repeatedly remind someone of (a mistake, failure, etc.)
He beat us all in the race and then rubbed our noses in it.
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“Rub someone's nose in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rub%20someone%27s%20nose%20in. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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