glaring

glare at (someone or something)

To look at someone or something with anger. Vivian always used to glare at me, so I thought for sure she didn't like me. Glaring at that parking ticket won't make it go away, you know.
See also: glare

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.
2. To look someone with intensity 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.
3. To look at someone or something with anger or disappointment. Glaring down at that parking ticket won't make it go away, you know.
See also: down, glare

glare down on (someone or something)

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.
2. To look at someone or something with anger or disappointment. Glaring down on that parking ticket won't make it go away, you know. What are you glaring down on me for? I'm not the one who said it!
See also: down, glare, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
See also:
  • glare
  • glare at
  • glare at (someone or something)
  • glare down
  • glare down on
  • glare down on (someone or something)
  • get in wrong with (someone)
  • get in wrong with someone
  • express (one's) anger
  • express anger
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The most glaring thing about the photo is that one of his flags is folded incorrectly.
Folding the flag
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This point was chosen because it corresponds to the point B 50 L of the European beam pattern, the so-called glaring point in the beam pattern that causes the largest glare illuminance.
Relation between glare and driving performance
Your blurry vision is telling you it's time to visit your eye doctor, but your wallet is blinded by the prices glaring from the walls and showcases in your local optometrist's office.
Cut eye-care costs
Right-Back Ross Davidson was carried off on a stretcher injured after a glaring goalfront miss.
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Ano said glaring violations of environmental and building rules, like establishments being built too near the sea, 'would not be possible without building and construction permits issued by the LGU (local government unit).'
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