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in the flesh

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in real life, and not on TV, in a film, in a picture, etc.: I've seen her perform on television, but never in the flesh.PresentAvailable and accessibleUnavailable and inaccessible
(Definition of in the flesh from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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