/ · 1894 Brewer’s · F · Fly in One’s Face (To)
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To get into a passion with a person; to insult; as a hawk, when irritated, flies in the face of its master.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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