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stare down

stare down verb: to overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently.

Verb

stare down (third-person singular simple present stares down, present participle staring down, simple past and past participle stared down)

  1. (transitive) To overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently.
    • “Homer’s Triple Bypass” has the potential to be the most depressing episode in the history of The Simpsons, if not television as whole. It is, after all, about a 36-year-old husband and father staring down death and the prospect of leaving his wife a young widow and his small children fatherless.2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club

Forms of stare down

third-person singular presentstares down
present participlestaring down
past participlestared down
paststared down

Questions about stare down

What does stare down mean?
Stare down means to overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently.
What part of speech is stare down?
Stare down is a verb.
What is the past tense of stare down?
The past tense of stare down is stared down.

Words near stare down in the dictionary

  1. stare
  2. stare at the wall
  3. Stare Brusno
  4. stare daggers
  5. stare decisis
  6. stare down
  7. stare into space
  8. stare like a stuck pig
  9. stare out
  10. stare someone in the face
  11. stareater

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