dare
A challenge to prove courageA challenge to prove courage.
» Tom didn't dare to say anything.
Том не наважився нічого сказати. — deniko
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5 sensesA challenge to prove courage.
I did it just for a dare.
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
Defiance; challenge.
Mutprobe
In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.
When asked truth or dare, she picked dare.
A small fish, the dace
Examples
736 sentencesTom didn't dare to say anything.
Том не наважився нічого сказати. — deniko
Don't you dare try to do that.
Навіть не смій намагатися це зробити. — deniko
Don't you dare touch anything.
Не смій нічого чіпати. — deniko
ruНе смей ничего трогать. — sharptoothed
Tom didn't dare tell anyone.
Том не наважився нікому сказати. — deniko
Tom didn't dare to say it aloud.
Том не наважився сказати це вголос. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English durren, from Old English durran, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, froFrom Middle English durren, from Old English durran, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną (“to dare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰórse (“to dare”), reduplicated stative of the root *dʰers- (“to be bold, to dare”), an *-s- extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, support”).
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