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Definition of look/shoot/stare daggers at

: to look at (someone) in an angry way
  • They looked daggers at each other across the table.

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look play

  1. : to make sure or take care (that something is done)

  2. : to ascertain by the use of one's eyes

  3. : to exercise the power of vision upon : examine

  1. : the act of looking

  2. : glance

  3. : the expression of the countenance

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stare play

  1. : to look fixedly often with wide-open eyes

  2. : to show oneself conspicuously

  3. : to stand on end : bristle

  1. : the act or an instance of staring

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dagger play daggers

  1. : a sharp pointed knife for stabbing

  2. : something that resembles a dagger

  3. : a character † used as a reference mark or to indicate a death date

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