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stare you in the face

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stare you in the face
to be obvious. The answer to this problem was staring him in the face, although at first he couldn't see it.
See also: face, stare

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Let the reader imagine all these grotesque figures of the Pont Neuf, those nightmares petrified beneath the hand of Germain Pilon, assuming life and breath, and coming in turn to stare you in the face with burning eyes; all the masks of the Carnival of Venice passing in succession before your glass,--in a word, a human kaleidoscope.
 
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