dare
/dɛ(ə)ɹ/ verb B1- To have enough courage (to do something). · I wouldn't dare (to) argue with my boss.· No one dares (to) criticize his decisions.
- To defy or challenge (someone to do something). · I dare you to kiss that girl.
- To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to. · Will you dare death to reach your goal?
- To terrify; to daunt.
He/she/it dares · Past dared · Past participle dared · -ing form daring
Verb forms
- Base form
- dare
- He/she/it
- dares
- Past
- dared
- Past participle
- dared
- -ing form
- daring
From the library
“No, I cannot do that,” she replied, “but I will give you my kiss, and no one will dare injure a person who has been kissed by the Witch of the North.”
“Don’t you dare to bite Toto!
But to those who are not honest, or who approach him from curiosity, he is most terrible, and few have ever dared ask to see his face.
Meanwhile, the Eagle, full of fear of the Sow, sat still on the branches, and the Sow, terrified by the Eagle, did not dare to go out from her cave.
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