in person

Idioms  

1. 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.”

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in person

You will be spending limited time with him in person, which means you’ll be filling in a lot of blanks yourself.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

The sale will take place online and in person with bidders, who are required to register in advance and pay a deposit, hoping they won't be looking back in anger on the day.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

"Before, I could easily do all of these just by calling or showing up in person," Hwang said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Miya Ando, an artist who was permitted to come in person to select her piece of steel for a London memorial, remembers a sense of holiness within the hangar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

I wanted to hear him say it, in person and not on the phone.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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