Idioms

glare down

glare down

1. To shine or glow powerfully on someone or something. I hope you put on sunscreen, considering how the sun is glaring down on us today. I started sweating as soon as I stepped onto the set because there were so many lights glaring down on me! Can you hand me my sunglasses? The sun is really glaring down on my windshield.
2. To fix someone with an angry, piercing stare so that they yield or submit. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "glare" and "down." That woman kept glaring me down until I gave her the last cherry pie, even though I'd picked it up first. You can glare me down all you want—I'm still turning you into the teacher. A: "Why is the captain of the football team glaring me down?" B: "Because you're flirting with his girlfriend—again."
3. To glower at someone or something with anger or disappointment. Glaring down at that parking ticket won't make it go away, you know. I'm failing three classes, so, yes, Mom and Dad both glared down at me when they opened my report card. Don't glare down at me —I'm not the one who started the rumor about you!
See also: down, glare
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glare down

v.
1. To shine on or illuminate someone or something strongly from above: The sun glared down on the nomads crossing the desert.
2. To intimidate someone or cause someone to submit by staring: The lawyer glared me down until I was unable to speak.
3. To look directly at someone or something disapprovingly or disappointedly: I glared down on my dog, whom I'd caught chewing on the curtains. The dog glared down at the bone, which had sunk to the bottom of the swimming pool.
See also: down, glare
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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