in the flesh

adjective

an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence (Freq. 1)

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he carried out the negotiations in person

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a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh

• Syn: ↑in-person

• Similar to: ↑personal

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IN PERSON, before one's (very) eyes, in front of one; in real life, live; physically, bodily, in bodily/human form, incarnate.

→ flesh

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phrasal

: in person and alive

saw him in the flesh not three days ago

in movies … but never in the flesh — W.R.Inge

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in the flesh

1. In bodily life, alive

2. Incarnate

3. In person, actually present

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Main Entry: ↑flesh

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in the flesh phrase

present here and now, instead of by television, telephone, radio etc

It was a pleasure to finally meet him in the flesh.

Thesaurus: general words for presence_synonym

Main entry: flesh

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in person rather than via a telephone, a movie, the written word, or other means

they decided that they should meet Alexander in the flesh

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in the flesh

◇ If you see someone in the flesh you see that person directly rather than in a picture, on television, etc.

I saw him in the flesh just three days ago.

She was excited to see the President in the flesh.

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Main Entry: ↑flesh

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in the ˈflesh idiom

if you see sb in the flesh, you are in the same place as them and actually see them rather than just seeing a picture of them

Main entry: ↑flesh_idiom