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OUTFACE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they outface ... he / she / it outfaces
Past simple: outfaced
Past participle: outfaced
-ing form: outfacing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
Example:
He simply stared down his opponent
Synonyms:
outface; outstare; stare down
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "outface" is one way to...):
gaze; stare (look at with fixed eyes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot outface Sue
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