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)
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)
"I never take a dare," returned her husband, and snatched my other hand.
From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Garrison, Adele
Then Jim Leonard mocked him and dared him to tell, and asked him if he would take a dare.
From The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story by Howells, William Dean
