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verb
To disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation; to stare down; to withsay
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To boldly confront a situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: stare down, outstare
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gaze, stare
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face English outface From out- + face.
