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Meaning of stare down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently.

transitive

Equivalents

Deutsch niederstarren

Examples

““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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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