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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Patterson, 51, did not attend the Court of Appeal in Melbourne in person, opting to watch via video link from prison.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Schools and colleges will distribute grades in person, but from 11:00 BST pupils at more than 750 schools in England will also be able to see their grades on their phones.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Experts say that North Korea has expanded its nuclear and missile capabilities since the breakdown of Trump's negotiations with Kim, whom he last met in person in 2019.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Impressively, the band has met in person only three times, one of which was when they first agreed to work together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

They were too afraid to break the news over the phone, and so they waited for his closest childhood friend to be able to tell him in person.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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