glare daggers

English

Verb

glare daggers (third-person singular simple present glares daggers, present participle glaring daggers, simple past and past participle glared daggers)

1. Synonym of look daggers [from 19th c.]
   • 1879, Henry Pottinger, “The Suppliants” (chapter XI), in Blue and Green: Or, The Gift of God, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, page 189:

     Hypatius, to do him justice, crimsoned with shame and indignation at the effect of his thoughtless speech, and glared daggers at the aristocratic ruffian beside him.