词汇 | as-a-dare |
释义 | as a dare collocation (UK alsofor a dare, US usuallyon a dare) because someone has asked you to do something that involves a risk: Are you wearing that shirt as a dare? He climbed up the tree for a dare after a night out with friends. See aspreposition darenoun Her teenage daughter got her to write the book as a dare. He jumped in the river at twelve o'clock last night as a dare. For a dare, she slept in a room that is said to be haunted by the ghost of Lord Nelson. Competing and contending (non-sporting) be one up on someoneidiom cat catchup challenge someone to something/do something chancer dare give someone/something a run for their moneyidiom go in for something go toe to toeidiom hyper-competitive in competition with someone/something jungle pit sharp elbowsidiom sharp-elbowed sharpen (something) up sharpen your elbowsidiom showing snap toe |
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