thumb one's nose
Example Sentences
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“What a way to thumb one’s nose at French bashing! #ProudofFrance.”
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2014
Goofs and pranks suddenly became a way to blow off steam, thumb one's nose at campus administration, and indulge creative thinking and behavior stifled by the Institute's rigorous undergraduate curriculum.
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
