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looking daggers

phrase

variants or staring daggers
present participle of look daggers
as in glaring
to look with anger or disapproval He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much.

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“Looking daggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looking%20daggers. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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