rub (someone's) nose in it

informal, informal

to say or do something which makes someone remember that they have failed.

I didn't tell him I'd started another relationship. I didn't want to rub his nose in it.

• put pen to paper
• put pressure on
• put pressure on someone
• put pressure on something
• put right
• put shirt on
• put shirt on something
• put shoulder to the wheel
• put someone at odds with
• put someone at odds with someone
• put someone back on track
• put someone in a hole
• put someone in mind of
• put someone in mind of someone
• put someone in mind of something
• put someone in place
• put someone in their place
• put someone in the picture
• put someone in the shade
• put someone off stride
• put someone off their stride
• put someone off the scent
• put someone on a collision course
• put someone on a pedestal
• put someone on edge