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
His legs they are bare, And he won't take a dare, The life of a scout is bold.
From Tom Slade's Double Dare by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
The others were like bad little boys who wouldn't take a dare.
From Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by McIntyre, John T.
"Don't let 'em make you take a dare," came in another whisper.
From America First by Greene, Frances Nimmo