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contemn
vs
spit in the eye/face of
contemn
verb
To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).
spit in the eye/face of
How often have the words
contemn
and
spit in the eye/face of
occurred in a corpus of books?
(source:
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