look daggers
look daggers · looks daggers · looked daggers · looking daggers
Often followed by at: to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner,…Often followed by at: to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner, especially without speaking.
UK/ˌlʊk ˈdæɡəz/US/ˌlʊk ˈdæɡɚz/
Meaning
1 sensesOften followed by at: to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner, especially without speaking.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
An allusion to a look being so fierce as to be able to injure the person looked at like aAn allusion to a look being so fierce as to be able to injure the person looked at like a dagger.
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Forms
looks daggers, looking daggers, looked daggers, looked daggers| Base form | look daggers · to look daggers |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | looks daggers |
| Present participle | looking daggers |
| Past simple | looked daggers |
| Past participle | looked daggers |
irregular
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.