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View synonyms for slap in the face

slap in the face



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A sharp rebuke or rebuff, as in Being criticized in front of my staff was a real slap in the face , or We thought it quite a slap in the face when they returned our letter unopened . The figurative use of this term, which can also refer to a literal blow, dates from the late 1800s.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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