in person



in person

[of someone] actually physically present in a place rather than appearing in a film, on a television or computer screen, on a telephone, or through a radio broadcast. All the famous movie stars were there in person. You must appear in our office in person to collect the money that is due to you.
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in person

physically Though they chatted online, they'd never met in person. The actor looks even shorter in person than he does on the screen.
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in person

Also, in the flesh. In one's physical presence, as in He applied for the job in person, or I couldn't believe it, but there she was, in the flesh. The first expression dates from the mid-1500s. The variant, from the 1300s, was long used to allude to the bodily resurrection of Jesus, but later acquired its looser meaning. Charles Dickens has it in Our Mutual Friend (1865): "The minutes passing on, and no Mrs. W. in the flesh appearing."
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in person

In one's physical presence; personally: applied for the job in person.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gioacchinojo-ahk-KEE-noItalian
Ashurst['æʃɜ:st]
Karthik-Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Malayalam
JuliÁNhoo-LYAHNSpanish
GyÖRgyDYUUR-dyəHungarian
ÒScar-Catalan