get in someone's face
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Some people seem eager to get in someone’s face - or to smash someone’s face.
From Washington Times
Susan E. Rice is deemed to be too much of a lightning rod because she can swear like a sailor, throw an occasional elbow and get in someone’s face to make her point.
From Washington Post
If the coronavirus was on the agenda, he’d also make sure to get in someone’s face about speeding on his block of Chaplin Street, said D.C.
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“As a person of color I know that especially during the Civil Rights movement — and now — sometimes the only agency you have is to protest and to get in someone’s face,” he said.
From Washington Times
One day before practice, Arceneaux told Mariota, “I want you to yell at somebody today; I want you to get in someone’s face.”
From New York Times
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