stare down

stare down
verb
overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
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He simply stared down his opponent

• Syn: ↑outstare, ↑outface
• Hypernyms: ↑gaze, ↑stare
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Sam cannot stare down Sue

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transitive verb
: to cause to waver or submit by or as if by staring : overcome by calm resolute steadiness of purpose and action : outstare

though the dog threatened to attack, he was stared down

intending frankly to stare down her down — B.A.Williams

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stare down
● stare

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ˌstare ˈdown ˌstare ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stare down he/she/it stares down present participle staring down past tense stared down past participle stared down] phrasal verb
to look at someone for so long that they have to look away
Thesaurus: to look at someone in a particular wayhyponym general words meaning to look or not looksynonym
Main entry: stare

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stare down (US) (or Brit stare out) [phrasal verb]
stare (someone) down/out or stare down/out (someone) : to look directly into someone's eyes without fear until he or she becomes uncomfortable and looks away

The batter tried to stare down the pitcher.

— often used figuratively

They had stared down danger more than once.

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Main Entry: ↑stare

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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