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OUTFACE

Dictionary entry overview: What does outface mean?

• OUTFACE (verb)
The verb OUTFACE has 1 sense:

1. overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring

Familiarity information: OUTFACE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OUTFACE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

outface; outstare; stare down

Context example:

He simply stared down his opponent

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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