Idiom
cast in someone's teeth
Meaning
To accuse someone of something, or reproach them for it.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He cast my past mistakes in my teeth.”
“She was angry that her boss cast her previous failure in her teeth during the meeting.”
“Even years after the incident, his rivals continued to cast his youthful indiscretions in his teeth to undermine his political reputation.”
Examples
simple
“He cast my past mistakes in my teeth.”
contextual
“She was angry that her boss cast her previous failure in her teeth during the meeting.”
complex
“Even years after the incident, his rivals continued to cast his youthful indiscretions in his teeth to undermine his political reputation.”
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