look/shoot/stare daggers at
idiom
: to look at (someone) in an angry way
They looked daggers at each other across the table.
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Even the overly friendly Black cafeteria server seems to look daggers at Jasmine.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
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