stare sth in the face
to be close to having sth unpleasant happening to you:
At this point they were staring death in the face.
staring
adjective uk/ˈsteə.rɪŋ/us/ˈster.ɪŋ/
In the darkness we could just make out the blank staring eyes of a child.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The eye & surrounding area
- aqueous humour
- ciliary muscle
- compound eye
- epiretinal membrane
- eyeball
- eyelid
- fovea
- glassy
- hooded
- infraorbital
- iris
- lacrimal
- lens
- oculomotor
- optic nerve
- simple eye
- stare
- suspensory ligament
- vitreous humour
- wink
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