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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Customers picking wings up in person can now get their food in about 10 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Also as part of the visa deception, our reporter would have to do some "work experience… online or in person", said Peter.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Nick has always been my college bud, but to my fellow Image staffers, he was a professional, a master authenticator with access to pieces we could only dream about seeing in person one day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

By the time we came back together, the poor girlfriend was understandably shaken to discover, in person, the reality I’d been hiding behind a screen.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026

“For a trip to Nuremberg and a chance to see the Führer in person, I would have promised to enter a monastery,” said Alfons.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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