rub it in

informal

Definition

› to upset someone by talking to them about something which you know they want to forget → See also rub shoulders with sb → See also rub sb up the wrong way

(Definition of rub it in from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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