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stare
If you stare at someone or something then you look at them directly for a long time.
- She was so beautiful that everybody stared at her as she walked past.
- What are you staring at? It's rude to stare.
- Ruth wasn't scared of him at all. He stared at her, but she just stared back (at him).
- They were so in love that they just stared into each other's eyes all evening.
- Since the accident, Paula just sits at her window, staring into space. (= looking at nothing in particular)
- The boxers tried to stare each other down / stare
each other out.
(= to make the other person stop looking at them first) - The solution was staring me in the face.
(= was obvious all the time) - At the top of the mountain Tom stared death in
the face, but he survived.
(= came close to death. If you stare something in the face, you come close to it.)
- She gave me a hard stare.
(= she stared at me angrily) - He held her stare.
(= she stared at him, and he stared back at her) - She felt nervous under his stare.
- She looked at him with a blank stare.
(= with no expression)
- look
- watch
- glare
- glance
- spy on
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