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
Like a boy, he cannot take a dare, but fatuously allows the enemy to begin the battle upon an equal footing with his own men.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
"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)
To take a dare from a man is childish.
From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Eaton, Walter Prichard
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
