"stare someone in the face" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-stare someone in the face.ogg Forms: stares someone in the face [present, singular, third-person], staring someone in the face [participle, present], stared someone in the face [participle, past], stared someone in the face [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stare someone in the face (third-person singular simple present stares someone in the face, present participle staring someone in the face, simple past and past participle stared someone in the face)
  1. (idiomatic) To be extremely visible and obvious to someone. Tags: idiomatic Translations (To be extremely visible and obvious): броса́ться в глаза́ (brosátʹsja v glazá) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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