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stares someone in the face

stares someone in the face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stare someone in the face.

Meaning of stare someone in the face

Verb

stare someone in the face (third-person singular simple present stares someone in the face, present participle staring someone in the face, simple past and past participle stared someone in the face)

  1. (transitive) To be extremely visible and obvious to someone.
    • Then, one night you wake up with a start at 3 o'clock in the morning with the answer staring you in the face. Or maybe it hits you in the bath, like Archimedes, or while you're on the loo.

Questions about stares someone in the face

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

Words near stares someone in the face in the dictionary

  1. stares daggers
  2. stares down
  3. stares into space
  4. stares like a stuck pig
  5. stares out
  6. stares someone in the face
  7. starest
  8. stareth
  9. Stareton
  10. starets
  11. staretses

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