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Stare Down

Definition: Stare Down

Stare Down

Verb

1. Cause to waver or submit by or as if by staring; "He stared down his enemy".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Stare Down

Synonym: outface (v). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Stare Down

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Go for it man, jump off the high dive, stare down the barrel of the gun, pee into the wind! (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

To stare down a big league pitcher. (Field of Dreams; writing credit: Phil Alden Robinson)

Lyrics

I stare down this white line (If My Heart Had Wings; performing artist: Faith Hill)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Stare Down

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Modern Translation: Stare Down

Language Translations for "stare down"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Indonesian

  

membelalaki (out stare). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arestay ownday

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Stare Down

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: daneworts, teardowns.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-n-o-r-s-t-w"

-1 letter: danewort, sandwort, teardown.

-2 letters: atoners, donates, downers, onwards, redowas, roasted, rodents, senator, snorted, stander, steward, strawed, strowed, torsade, towards, treason, wanders, wanters, wardens, wonders, worsted.

-3 letters: adores, adorns, anodes, answer, antres, ardent, arseno, astern, atoned, atoner, atones, daters, denars, derats, dewans, dewars, donate, doters, dowers, downer, dowser, drones, drowns, drowse, endows, nestor, noters.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-n-o-r-s-t-w"
 

+1 letter: downstater, downstream.

 

+2 letters: downstaters, outwardness.

 

+3 letters: groundwaters, towardliness, untowardness.

 

+4 letters: northeastward, northwestward, outwardnesses.

 

+5 letters: northeastwards, northwestwards, roadworthiness, thenceforwards, towardlinesses, untowardnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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