In the teeth
| directly; in direct opposition; in front. |
See also: Tooth
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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"Volunteers and staff have worked hard together to get our parks, coastal areas and other open spaces looking better than ever and a mindless act such as this must feel like a kick in the teeth for them.
"McGinley looked certain to win that match so it was a real kick in the teeth."
Her account of the freedmen's attempt to establish their own militias in the teeth of the hostility of the Republican establishment as well as the Democratic opposition is especially telling, and, unlike too many others, she does not pretend that the whites had a monopoly on extralegal violence.
is going to from It's really in the teeth "The iPads have specialist apps to help children say they are hungry or in pain.
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- in the flesh
- in the groove
- In the gross
- in the lead
- in the least
- in the long run
- In the lump
- in the lurch
- in the main
- in the meantime
- in the midst
- In the morning
- in the name of
- in the nick of time
- in the offing
- In the person of
- in the pink
- in the public domain
- in the public eye
- in the raw
- In the rough
- in the same boat
- in the same breath
- in the south
- In the suds
- In the teeth
- in the way
- In the way with
- In the wind's eye
- in the wings
- In the wrong box
- in their right minds
- in theory
- in this
- In this connection
- in time
- in toto
- in touch
- In transitu
- in truth
- in turn
- In twain
- in two
- in two ways
- in unison
- in use
- in utero
- in vacuo
- in vain
- in velvet
- in vino veritas
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- in the stratosphere
- In the Street
- in the street(s)
- in the streets
- in the stretch
- in the strict sense
- in the strict(est) sense
- in the strictest confidence
- in the strictest sense
- In the suds
- In the suds
- in the sun
- in the sun
- in the sun
- in the sun
- in the sun
- in the sun
- In the Supreme Court of the United States
- In the Supreme Court of the United States No. 1, October Term, 1954
- In the Supreme Court of the United States No. 78–18, 1971 Term
- In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1953 No. 1
- In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1970 No. …..
- in the swim
- in the swim
- in the swim
- in the swim
- in the swim of things
- In the tank
- In the tank
- In the tank
- In the teeth
- in the teeth of
- in the teeth of (something)
- in the teeth of danger, opposition, etc.
- in the thick
- in the thick of
- in the thick of (something)
- in the thick of doing something
- in the thick of it
- in the thick of something
- in the thick of something/of doing something
- in the thick of things
- in the throes
- in the throes of
- in the throes of (something)
- in the throes of doing something
- in the throes of something
- in the throes of something/doing something
- in the throws
- in the throws of
- in the throws of something
- in the toilet
- in the top flight
- in the train of
- in the train of (someone)
- In the Trenches
- In the Trenches
- In the Trenches
- in the trouser department
- in the trust of
- in the trust of (someone)
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