: characterized by or expressive of bold and often defiant aggressiveness
in-your-face basketball
also : aggressively intrusive
in-your-face advertising

Examples of in-your-face in a Sentence

an in-your-face attitude that sometimes puts people off
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Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of in-your-face was in 1982

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“In-your-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-your-face. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

in-your-face

adjective
ˌin-yər-ˌfās
: characterized by bold and often defiant aggressiveness
in-your-face basketball
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