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dare

If you dare to do something, you have the courage to do it, even if you are afraid. The President dared to make an unpopular decision. If you dare someone to do something, you challenge them to do something that is a risk, or even dangerous. I dare you to climb that tree.

dare

If you daren't do something, you are afraid to do it. I daren't tell my parents what happened. They'll be very cross. Dare he risk crossing the woods at night? If you ask "How dare he?", you are saying that the person has done something wrong. How dare you come in here without knocking?

dare

A dare is a challenge to somebody. He never says "No" to a dare.

dare

take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission How dare you call my lawyer? to be courageous enough to try or do something I don't dare call him she dares to dress differently from the others challenge I dare you! (= daring) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy he could never refuse a dare

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Simple sentences

How dare you speak about my husband in that disgusting way!
Don't you dare touch anything.
How did you dare!
I don't dare to overtake.
I don't dare open my mouth.
I would never dare to do what Tom did.
Don't dare to go there without Tom.
How dare you say such a thing to me?
How dare you speak to me like that?
How dare you speak like that?
How dare you say that?
How dare you say such a thing to her!
How dare you laugh at me!
How dare you speak like that to me?
How dare you ask me for help!
How dare you talk to me like that!
How dare you say that!
Dare you ask him about the accident?
I dare say you are tired.
I dare not tell her the sad news.
How dare he complain?
How dare you say such a thing!

Movie subtitles

How dare you.
You punk now dare to put your knife at my neck, the youngest son of Kim Eung Boo, who used to be Minister of Education and the former prime minister?
Who would dare to step forward?
How dare they..
How dare they mess with my Reapers!
If it wasn't done by the office, who would dare to touch that crime scene?
How dare them wake up a sleeping tiger?
It's not even enough if he comes here and bows to you, but how dare he tells you to come or go?
How dare he do that to a prisoner in the government office!
Classic Mediterranean, with a very specific and dare I say very personal Hellenic influence.
How dare you jeopardise my career!
He'd never dare go in there.
Well, dare I ask what this is for?
Of course. They might not dare come out, but I'm here.
How dare they call us murderers?
As long as they remained within the bounds of Swedish rule, they dare not reveal their identities.
The Little Fellow knew otherwise, How dare that cad mention her name so lightly?
How dare you molest the lady?
You wouldn't dare!
I dare not say it.
I dare not.
How dare you invade the sanctity of the captain's quarters?
How dare you enter the captain's quarters. while I'm eating.
I dare you to print that, you muckrakers.
He wouldn't dare.
Magistrate, we were just. You're going to pretend you didn't do that? If it wasn't done by the office, who would dare to touch that crime scene?
No, this bastard.this fucker. dare stab a police officer?
I am doing to introduce Madame officially at court. because then no one will dare to insult her.
I don't dare to return home without meat.
How dare they develop such a thing on their own?
Ask me about the climate, I dare you. Very well.
Well, don't you dare come to room 320 at 11:00.
Mr. Hammer, how dare you come into my room?
Don't you dare take that coat off in this room. You get out of here as fast as you can go.

News and current affairs

Only an imperial Russia, however, would dare reabsorb Ukraine.
Israelis and Palestinians cannot find the way out alone, because neither side would dare to forcibly disarm its own extremists without absolute proof that the other side will do the same.
As our tears flow down our cheeks, I do not dare believe that this is our country, the China that gave birth to me and raised me..
First, we should dare to believe that what most suits Europe's interests might also be best for our relationship with our closest ally, the United States.
No country, it is claimed, could dare to blackmail its partners anymore.
Moderate Arab regimes will not dare to engage in an open and serious process of rapprochement with Israel in the absence of real progress over the Palestinian issue.
I dare anyone to claim that the overwhelming bulk of that disparity springs from causes other than history and the current state of governance.
One thing is clear: economists no longer dare to assume that trend is trend and cycle is cycle, and that their reciprocal interactions are small enough to neglect on the first pass.
Climate-change foes have spent billions of dollars to influence policymakers, support election campaigns by defenders of fossil fuels, and defeat candidates who dare to promote clean energy.
But he pretends that this is an economic question, because he dare not argue, and does not believe in, the case for more political integration.
But they dare not overrun the open, commercial ethic of China's region-states--the source of their country's prosperity.
Nanny loved my mother because my mother was once her baby. Sometimes it seemed to me that she would kill anyone who would dare to hurt us.
Only for reasons that are peculiar to Russia, his is a liberalism that dare not speak its name.
The cavalier response heard from Washington insiders is that the Chinese wouldn't dare spark such an endgame.
Those who dare to protest, such as Beijing University journalism professor Jiao Guobiao, are silenced.
In the aftermath of a major financial and economic crisis - which may yet be far from over - Chinese and Asians in general ask Europeans rather bluntly how we dare try to teach them lessons in financial capitalism.
Similarly, the euro must not be allowed to become an Iron Curtain that consigns non-members to a high-risk zone where investors dare not venture.
I would not dare to challenge the sensitivities of Australians about their own history.
Sometimes it seemed to me that she would kill anyone who would dare to hurt us.
But, as I said, back then Merkel did not dare to act.
Since Tsipras's election in January, German officials have barely been able to contain their fury that a left-wing upstart government of a tiny, bankrupt country would dare to challenge one of the world's great economies.
If you dare to ask for a bigger plate or an extra helping, the waitress gives you that withering Soviet look - you want too much.
Saddam himself fatally overplayed his cards, convinced as he was that America would not dare to attack him.
Today's rulers dare not face up to their own experiences or moral responsibility.

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