The Collaborative International Dictionary
To stare in the face
Stare \Stare\ (st[^a]r), v. t. To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
I will stare him out of his wits.
--Shak.
To stare in the face, to be before the eyes, or to be
undeniably evident. ``The law . . . stares them in the
face whilst they are breaking it.''
--Locke.