rub someone's nose in it

Related
  • gloatRelish superiority smugly
  • tauntInsulting provocation
  • humiliateCause painful shame
  • shamePainful awareness of failure
  • mockScornful imitation or fake

remind · defeat · failure · mistake · salt · wound · crow · boast · smug · vindictive · petty · cruel · embarrass · dig · jab · twist · knife · kick

Opposites
response to others' failures

rub someone's nose in itlet it go

Cease fixating on something

forgive and forget · let bygones be bygones · show mercy · cut someone slack · let someone off the hook

social grace and tact

rub someone's nose in itsave face

Protect one's reputation

look the other way · gloss over · downplay · soft-pedal

communication style about past wrongs

rub someone's nose in itdrop it

Command to cease

hold one's tongue · keep mum · bite one's tongue · bury the hatchet · move on

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