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

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

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

Harry declared he would not take a dare, and he got up.

From Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best by Standish, Burt L.

"I wouldn't take a dare from you or anybody like you!"

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

"Now you have gone an' done it, for I never take a dare, never," he laughed.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.