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You never heard anyone use the expression, in your face? No one but you thinks it means to physically assault someone.

get in (one's) face​

(redirected from get in your face)

get in (one's) face​

To confront and provoke one, as in readiness to fight, berate, harass, or argue with them.

get in someone's face​

[mainly US, informal]
to annoy or upset someone by behaving in a very direct or aggressive way

 

get in (one's) face​

(redirected from get in your face)

get in (one's) face​

To confront and provoke one, as in readiness to fight, berate, harass, or argue with them.

get in someone's face​

[mainly US, informal]
to annoy or upset someone by behaving in a very direct or aggressive way

Then you know it does not mean physically assault someone.
 
Then you know it does not mean physically assault someone.
It means you are verbally assaulting them and they can defend themselves if necessary. It amounts to speech with the implied intent of violence. That's why physical self-defense can be used when confronted by it.
 
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I'm actually embarrassed for people who think this kind of rhetoric is only from the left.

Does anyone actually listen to Donald Trump, day after day?
Trump made it OK to talk hate and violence in public. He talked about beating up protesters at his early rallies and never stopped. This is a result of his violent rhetoric. Presidents did not talk like that until he came along. Now anything goes.
 
No dictionary you cited defines "in your face" as a physical assault.
No, but every dictionary does define it as aggressive and taken by the person on the receiving end as a threat of physical assault.

in-your-face
[ɪnjəˈfeɪs]
adjective
in-your-face (adjective)
informal
  1. blatantly aggressive or provocative; impossible to ignore or avoid:


in-your-face​

adjective

ˌin-yər-ˈfās

Synonyms of in-your-face
: characterized by or expressive of bold and often defiant aggressiveness

 
No, but every dictionary does define it as aggressive and taken by the person on the receiving end as a threat of physical assault.

in-your-face
[ɪnjəˈfeɪs]
adjective
in-your-face (adjective)
informal
  1. blatantly aggressive or provocative; impossible to ignore or avoid:


in-your-face​

adjective

ˌin-yər-ˈfās

Synonyms of in-your-face
: characterized by or expressive of bold and often defiant aggressiveness

So, not about physical assault.
 
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