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OUTSTARE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outstare mean?
• OUTSTARE (verb)
The verb OUTSTARE has 1 sense:
1. overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
Familiarity information: OUTSTARE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
outface; outstare; stare down
Context example:
He simply stared down his opponent
Hypernyms (to "outstare" is one way to...):
gaze; stare (look at with fixed eyes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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