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Stare down

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently. transitive

    "“Homer’s Triple Bypass” has the potential to be the most depressing episode in the history of The Simpsons, if not television as whole. It is, after all, about a 36-year-old husband and father staring down death and the prospect of leaving his wife a young widow and his small children fatherless."

  2. 2
    overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring wordnet

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