stare down

stare down
Synonyms and related words:
affront, beard, bid defiance, brave, brazen out, call out, challenge, confront, crane, crane the neck, dare, defy, double-dare, eye, face, face down, face out, front, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glare, gloat, goggle, look, master, ogle, outbrave, outbrazen, outdare, outface, outlook, outstare, overcome, overwhelm, quell, scream defiance, show fight, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare hard, subdue, suppress

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  • stare down — verb overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring He simply stared down his opponent • Syn: ↑outstare, ↑outface • Hypernyms: ↑gaze, ↑stare • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

  • stare down — phrasal verb stare down or stare out [transitive] Word forms stare down : 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 stare someone down/out to… …   English dictionary

  • Stare Down — Vocabulaire du combat libre Sommaire : Haut A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Achille hold : Mise en compression du talon d achille. Anaconda choke: Joli mo …   Wikipédia en Français

  • stare down the barrel of a gun — If someone is staring down the barrel of a gun, there s a high risk of something very bad happening …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • stare down — transitive verb Date: 1925 to cause to waver or submit by or as if by staring …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stare out — ˌstare ˈdown ˌstare ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stare down he/she/it stares down …   Useful english dictionary

  • stare — [ster] vi. stared, staring [ME staren < OE starian, akin to ON stara < Gmc * stara , having fixed eyes, rigid < IE base * (s)ter , rigid, stiff > STARK, Gr strēnēs, hard] 1. to gaze or look steadily with eyes wide open, as in fear,… …   English World dictionary

  • stare out — phrasal verb stare down or stare out [transitive] Word forms stare down : 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 stare someone down/out to… …   English dictionary

  • stare — stare1 [ ster ] verb intransitive *** to look at someone or something very directly for a long time: It s rude to stare. stare at: He lifted his head and stared at her. stare into/out of/through etc.: They sat on the balcony, staring out across… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stare — starer, n. staringly, adv. /stair/, v., stared, staring, n. v.i. 1. to gaze fixedly and intently, esp. with the eyes wide open. 2. to be boldly or obtrusively conspicuous: The bright modern painting stares out at you in the otherwise conservative …   Universalium

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