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The Britannica Dictionary stare 6 ENTRIES FOUND:

• stare (verb)
• stare (noun)
• dagger (noun)
• face (noun)
• fix (verb)
• space (noun)

1 stare /ˈsteɚ/ verb stares; stared; staring 1 stare /ˈsteɚ/ verb stares; stared; staring Britannica Dictionary definition of STARE [no object] : to look at someone or something for a long time often with your eyes wide open

• She was staring straight ahead. = Her eyes were staring straight ahead.
• She stared out the window.
• His mother told him not to stare.

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• We just sat and stared at each other.
• They stared in disbelief at the accident scene.
• I spend a lot of my time staring at a computer screen.

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• The solution was staring right at me but I didn't see it. [=the solution was obvious but I failed to see it]

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stare daggers (at someone)

— see dagger

stare down

(US) [phrasal verb] or British stare out stare (someone) down/out or stare down/out (someone) : to look directly into someone's eyes without fear until he or she becomes uncomfortable and looks away

• The batter tried to stare down the pitcher.

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• They had stared down danger more than once.

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stare (off) into space

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stare (someone) in the face

also chiefly US stare (someone) in the eye(s) : to look directly into the eyes of (someone)

• She stared me in the face and told me to leave.

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• The solution was staring me in the face. [=the solution was obvious]
• Failure was staring him in the face. [=he was very close to failing; he was almost certain to fail]
• They stared death in the face/eye [=they came very close to death; they did something that was very dangerous and that could have caused their death] and didn't flinch.

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• They looked at me with accusing stares.
• I asked him about it, but my question only drew/got a blank stare. [=he looked at me in a way that showed he did not understand or know the answer to my question]

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fix (someone) with a stare

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