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
"I won't take a dare from anybody!" said Hervey, excitedly.
From Tom Slade's Double Dare by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
"I supposed you imagined me one of those gun-fighters who couldn't take a dare and expected me to ride up to your camp and be arrested."
From The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border by Zane Grey
"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 Frank Lewis Nason
"I wouldn't take a dare from you or anybody like you!"
From Tom Slade's Double Dare by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
