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staring someone in the face

staring someone in the face is the present participle and gerund 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 staring someone in the face

What is staring someone in the face the present participle and gerund of?
Staring someone in the face is the present participle and gerund of stare someone in the face.

Words near staring someone in the face in the dictionary

  1. staring daggers
  2. staring down
  3. staring into space
  4. staring like a stuck pig
  5. staring out
  6. staring someone in the face
  7. staring spell
  8. staring spells
  9. staringly
  10. starings
  11. starjump

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