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stare down

Verb

Meaning

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

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There (Kaschau) the mountains stare down through our heads until we die. Herta Müller

You stare down at some crowd from your trapeze And when you fell they fell down on their knees And when you broke they scrambled for a piece And when you spoke I felt their anger freeze. ~ Metropolis. Steve Kilbey

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice. Sarah Hughes

He simply stared down his opponent Source: Internet

Both men shared a stare down. Source: Internet

"Even as we stare down the COVID pandemic at home, we need to also prepare for a post-COVID world that is poorer, that is more dangerous and that is more disorderly." Source: Internet

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