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Stare down
Answer for the clue "Stare down ", 7 letters:
outface
Word definitions for outface in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation; to stare down 2 To boldly confront a situation
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from out (adv.) + face (v.). Related: Outfaced ; outfacing .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Outface was a punk rock/hardcore band formed in the Cleveland, Ohio area in the mid 1980s, by Chris Hall and Charlie Garriga fronted, eventually by future Sepultura singer Derrick Green . The band also featured bassist Frank Cavanagh of Filter and guitarist ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Even though most of his vassals might disagree with his policies, it would demand brave men indeed actually to outface him. ▪ For a time he adopted a Stoical attitude to outface suffering, but this only brought on middle age ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring; "He simply stared down his opponent" [syn: stare down , outstare ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outface \Out*face"\ (out*f[=a]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outfaced (out*f[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Outfacing (out*f[=a]"s[i^]ng).] To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave. --Shak. Having outfaced ...
Usage examples of outface.
They mocked Nunez when Pedro did not arrive, and afterwards, when he asked Pedro questions to clear his character, Pedro denied and outfaced him, and was afterwards hostile to him.
She would outface the world as she had outfaced Kit, Buckingham and the rest.
The headquarters and the church outfaced one another across the cobbles.
She reminded herself of how she had outfaced the merchants who intended to cheat her, outfaced her mother, whom she had always feared.
If he relented, Kane would have outfaced him before his men, and his command over them would soon change fists.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say he outfaced that gentleman, for after one swift look at Mr.
She outfaced this mock-up image seven times before Rndeel returned to squat at his station.
In Berinhed’s Forest Tristran outfaced one of the great, tawny eagles, who would have carried them both back to its nest to feed its young and was afraid of nothing at all, save fire.
The three-phase moona circle flanked by two outfacing crescentswas tattooed on her belly, and concentric serpent patterns covered each full breast.
By being alive here, by outfacing the eternal enemies—heat, cold, and airlessness, distance, acceleration, and the ever-present missiles of space itself, and even other men—he kept humanity alive.
He might have returned, wedded to his wanton, outfacing the censorious, not, though he ruined himself past recovery, as a cuckolded lover.
Slowly Whisper sank down on his haunches and forepaws until he was stretched outfacing her.
The three-phase moon—a circle flanked by two outfacing crescents—was tattooed on her belly, and concentric serpent patterns covered each full breast.