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
Charlie Sloane dared Arty Gillis to jump over it, and Arty did because he wouldn't take a dare.
From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
The worst of all fools is the one that is afraid to take a dare; and the Twins were—well, let us say they were not yet wide enough awake to know what they were doing.
From The Dozen from Lakerim by Hughes, Rupert
"I never take a dare," replied David calmly, making a lunge for Hippy.
From Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
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
