STARE DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stare down mean? 

• STARE DOWN (verb)
  The verb STARE DOWN has 1 sense:

1. overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring

  Familiarity information: STARE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STARE DOWN (verb)

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 "stare down" is one way to...):

gaze; stare (look at with fixed eyes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot stare down Sue