stare out

Meaning

1. stare sb out

   to look into sb's eyes for a long time until they feel embarrassed and are forced to look away

In the movies · 4

• Their faces stare out at me.The Year of Living Dangerously1982
• I can't. Those dreadful, beady eyes. They stare you out.Withnail & I1987
• l stared out of the window into the dark...Brief Encounter1945
• piece of algae that you can hardly hold with your hands and just wrapped it in this extraordinary cloak around her and then stared at me out of the little gap.My Octopus Teacher2020

From the same entry

• be staring in the face
• be staring in the face