transitive verb
: to insist on, harp on, continue to recall, or emphasize (as something unpleasant)
if they failed he never rubbed in their failure — F.W.Crofts
trying to rub it in that they had won their freedom — J.H.Huizinga
transitive verb
: to insist on, harp on, continue to recall, or emphasize (as something unpleasant)
if they failed he never rubbed in their failure — F.W.Crofts
trying to rub it in that they had won their freedom — J.H.Huizinga
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012