in person

Idioms and Phrases

Also, in the flesh . In one's physical presence, as in He applied for the job in person , or I couldn't believe it, but there she was, in the flesh . The first expression dates from the mid-1500s. The variant, from the 1300s, was long used to allude to the bodily resurrection of Jesus, but later acquired its looser meaning. Charles Dickens has it in Our Mutual Friend (1865): “The minutes passing on, and no Mrs. W. in the flesh appearing.”

Example Sentences

They last met in person a week before the full invasion of Ukraine.

From BBC

Collecting images of suspicious-looking skin growths and sending them off-site for specialists to analyze is as accurate in identifying skin cancers as having a dermatologist examine them in person, a new study shows.

From Science Daily

And I get the impulse to sell tickets to folks who didn’t pay to catch the show in person.

From Los Angeles Times

You think about this or you think about ABBA’s hologram show in London — both enable bands to offer fans a concert-like experience without having to be there in person.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, in person, he picked up where he had left off.

From Salon

Related Words

• candidly
• honestly
• openly
• personally