stare down

stare down
    v 1: overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by)
         staring; "He simply stared down his opponent" [syn: {stare
         down}, {outstare}, {outface}]
    

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "stare down":
      affront, beard, bid defiance, brave, brazen out, call out,
      challenge, confront, crane, crane the neck, dare, defy,
      double-dare, eye, face, face down, face out, front, gape, gaup,
      gawk, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glare, gloat, goggle, look, master,
      ogle, outbrave, outbrazen, outdare, outface, outlook, outstare,
      overcome, overwhelm, quell, scream defiance, show fight,
      stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare hard, subdue, suppress