Took a long look

• Treads (anag)
• Kept on looking
• Did not blink, maybe
• Ogled or goggled
• Looked steadily
• Was googly-eyed
• Looked fixedly
• Defeated in a face-off, with "down"
• Fixed one's eyes?

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vb. (en-past of: stare )