hold someone's stare

hold someone's stare
hold someone’s stare phrase
to look at someone who is staring at you

Grant forced himself to hold Santini’s stare for what seemed like forever.

Thesaurus: to look at someone in a particular wayhyponym general words meaning to look or not looksynonym
Main entry: stare

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