a slap in the face

noun phrase

: a surprising act that offends or insults someone
Her decision to leave the company to work for our competitors was a slap in the face.

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Asking folks to hunt down the USA Network, and TNT, and then download Amazon Prime, and also find FS1 for 26 of your 33 races is a slap in the face. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The latest proposal to exempt this multibillion-dollar sports enterprise from paying property taxes is a slap in the face to everyday taxpayers. — Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Trump’s preoccupation with authoritarian strongmen like Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is a slap in the face of a Cuban refugee trying to make a life for his family in Miami. — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 Yet the Thursday announcement on social media that construction would start was—even for this administration—something of a slap in the face to ordinary legal processes. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for a slap in the face

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“A slap in the face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20slap%20in%20the%20face. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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