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Take a dare   /teɪk ə dɛr/   Listen
Take a dare

verb
1.
Be dared to do something and not attempt it.
2.
Be dared to do something and attempt it.  Synonym: pick up the gauntlet.






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"Take a dare" Quotes from Famous Books



... other about doing things not orthodox. At last Barney MacTague dared me to drive the Yellow Peril past the dead-line—down by the Pavilion—and on up the hill to Sutro Baths. Naturally, I couldn't take a dare like that, and went him one better; I told him I'd not only drive to the very top of the hill, but I'd stop at the Gift House and crack a bottle of champagne on each wheel of the Yellow Peril, in honor of the occasion; ...
— The Range Dwellers • B. M. Bower



Words linked to "Take a dare" :   assay, try, seek, pick up the gauntlet, essay, attempt



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