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stares down

stares down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stares down

What is stares down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stares down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stare down.

Words near stares down in the dictionary

  1. stareful
  2. starer
  3. starers
  4. stares
  5. stares daggers
  6. stares down
  7. stares into space
  8. stares like a stuck pig
  9. stares out
  10. stares someone in the face
  11. starest

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