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," Hervey shouted.

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

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

"Yes, you are, if you don't take a dare."

From The Younger Set by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

"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 Grey, Zane