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

"Don't let 'em make you take a dare," came in another whisper.

From America First by Greene, Frances Nimmo

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

Maggie was not one to take a dare, and she told Jim she would go with him in the morning.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander

"I don't care anything about that, anyway," said Hervey; "but I wouldn't take a dare from anybody; I never did yet."

From Tom Slade's Double Dare by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)