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stared down

stared down is the simple past and past participle of stare down.

Meaning of stare down

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

Questions about stared down

What is stared down the simple past and past participle of?
Stared down is the simple past and past participle of stare down.

Words near stared down in the dictionary

  1. stare someone in the face
  2. stareater
  3. stareaters
  4. stared
  5. stared daggers
  6. stared down
  7. stared into space
  8. stared like a stuck pig
  9. stared out
  10. stared someone in the face
  11. staredown

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