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glares daggers

glares daggers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glare daggers.

Meaning of glare daggers

Verb

glare daggers (third-person singular simple present glares daggers, present participle glaring daggers, simple past and past participle glared daggers)

  1. Synonym of look daggers.
    • Hypatius, to do him justice, crimsoned with shame and indignation at the effect of his thoughtless speech, and glared daggers at the aristocratic ruffian beside him.1879, Henry Pottinger, “The Suppliants” (chapter XI), in Blue and Green: Or, The Gift of God, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, page 189
    Synonyms:
    look daggers

Questions about glares daggers

What is glares daggers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Glares daggers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glare daggers.

Words near glares daggers in the dictionary

  1. glareolid
  2. glareolids
  3. glareous
  4. glareproof
  5. glares
  6. glares daggers
  7. glaresid
  8. glaresids
  9. glarest
  10. glareth
  11. glargin

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