meet in the flesh

meet/see somebody in the flesh

to meet or see someone yourself, instead of watching them in a film or on television, etc. I knew his face so well from the photographs that it felt a bit strange when I finally saw him in the flesh.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Imam	-	Arabic
Anzor	-	Georgian, Chechen
Lorn	LAWRN	English (Rare)
Krzesimir	-	Polish
Grete	GRE-tə (German)	German, Danish, Norwegian
Friend	[frend]