WordNet
take a dare
v. be dared to do something and not attempt it
be dared to do something and attempt it [syn: pick up the gauntlet]
Usage examples of "take a dare".
Perhaps I was popular because I was so eager for new experience, so venturesome, and always ready to take a dare.
Charlie Sloane dared Arty Gillis to jump over it, and Arty did because he wouldn't take a dare.