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Phrase(s): (right) under someone’s (very) nose
1. Fig. right in front of someone. • I thought I’d lost my purse, but it was sitting on the table under my very nose. • How did Mary fail to see the book? It was right under her nose. 2. Fig. in someone’s presence. • The thief stole Jim’s wallet right under his nose. • The jewels were stolen from under the very noses of the security guards.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs