rub one's face with a brass candlestick verb1 •(informal, no longer used) To (prepare to) be very brazen or impudent.Every step you take you proclaim yourself the father of him who rubbed his face with a brass candlestick — 1853 formsrubbed one's face with a brass candlestick · rubbing one's face with a brass candlestick · rubs one's face with a brass candlestick
