take a dare
Example Sentences
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A newlywed pair in 1959 Florida did take a dare from a radio station and spent their two-week honeymoon underground, where the radio station and her parents called them up too many times a day.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2022
To take a dare from a man is childish.
From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Eaton, Walter Prichard
They said, and in some sort they believed, that a boy who would take a dare would steal sheep.
From A Boy's Town by Howells, William Dean
Those were not the young men to take a "dare" from a girl like her.
From Cowmen and Rustlers A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Harry declared he would not take a dare, and he got up.
From Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best by Standish, Burt L.
