outstare
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outstare (third-person singular simple present outstares, present participle outstaring, simple past and past participle outstared)
- to stare at someone so hard that they look away
- 2004, Colm Toibin, The Master, Picador, paperback edition, page 44
- He held a tray but did not move from where he stood and managed, without any trace of emotion, to outstare Henry, who was standing in a group, half-listening to an anecdote.
- 2004, Colm Toibin, The Master, Picador, paperback edition, page 44