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
"I don't know where to begin, but I'm not old enough yet not to take a dare."
From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Nason, Frank Lewis
"I won't take a dare from anybody," Hervey shouted.
From Tom Slade's Double Dare by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
"I didn't," she said; "but they dared me to ask you, and I wouldn't take a dare, would you?"
From The Honorable Percival by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
