out of countenance
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“Yes, Jo, I think your harvest will be a good one,” began Mrs. March, frightening away a big black cricket that was staring Teddy out of countenance.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
On her guard as she was, the word put her out of countenance.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
The woman who was with my aunt was a tall, loosely-built person, with iron-grey hair, a square determined jaw, and eyes which looked as if they could have stared the Sphinx right out of countenance.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Richard Marsh
The same instant he recognized the eyes that had stared him out of countenance in the dining-room two nights ago.
From The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories by Algernon Blackwood
Presently we grew less cautious, and one or two tried to stare the Germans out of countenance.
From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Heywood Broun
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