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Look daggers

//ˌlʊk ˈdæɡəz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Often followed by at: to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner, especially without speaking. intransitive

    "Before him set the grim baron, with a face worthy of the father of such a daughter, and looking daggers and rat's bane."

Etymology

An allusion to a look being so fierce as to be able to injure the person looked at like a dagger.

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