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be in your face

slang

Definition

to be shocking and annoying in a way that is difficult to ignore
dance music that is aggressive, sexy and in your face

(Definition of be in your face from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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