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Meaning of stare someone in the face | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To be extremely visible and obvious to someone.

transitive

Equivalents

Русский бросаться в глаза

Examples

“Then, one night you wake up with a start at 3 o'clock in the morning with the answer staring you in the face. Or maybe it hits you in the bath, like Archimedes, or while you're on the loo.”

“, Book I The law […] stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

stared stared daggers stared down stared into space stared like a stuck pig stared out