dare
/deər/ verb (present participle daring, past tense and past participle dared)Definition
dare (to) do something › to be brave enough to do something: I didn’t dare tell Dad that I’d scratched his car.
dare someone to do something › to try to make someone do something dangerous: She dared her friend to climb onto the roof.
Don’t you dare! › used to tell someone angrily not to do something: Don’t you dare try to stop me!
How dare she, you, etc. › said when you are very angry about something someone has done: How dare you talk to me like that!
(Definition of dare verb from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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