Don t You Dare Do That Again

dare

( dares plural & 3rd person present ) ( daring present participle ) ( dared past tense & past participle )
Dare sometimes behaves like an ordinary verb, for case `He dared to speak' and `He doesn't cartel to speak' and sometimes like a modal, for example `He daren't speak'.

1 verb If you do not dareto do something, y'all practice non have enough courage to do information technology, or you lot do not desire to do it because yous fear the consequences. If you dareto practice something, you exercise something which requires a lot of courage.
oft with brd-neg
Most people detest Harry but they don't cartel to say so... Five to-inf
We have had problems in our family unit that I didn't cartel tell Uncle. V inf
Dare is too a modal., modal
Dare she run a risk staying where she was?..., The regime dare not heighten interest rates again..., `Are you coming with me?'—`I tin't, Alice. I daren't.'

2 verb If you dare someone to do something, you lot challenge them to prove that they are non frightened of doing it.
Over coffee, she lit a cigarette, her optics daring him to comment... 5 n to-inf

3 n-count A dare is a challenge which one person gives to another to do something dangerous or frightening.
usu sing, usu every bit/for/on a N
When plant, the children said they'd run abroad for a dare.

4 If you say to someone `don't you dare' do something, yous are telling them non to do it and letting them know that you are angry.
SPOKEN
♦ don't you lot dare phrase oft PHR inf (feelings) Allen, don't you dare go anywhere else, y'all hear?

5 You say `how cartel y'all'' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
SPOKEN
♦ how dare you phrase usu PHR inf (feelings) How dare you pick up the phone and listen in on my conversations!...

vi You utilize `dare I say it' when you know that what yous are going to say will disappoint or annoy someone.
♦ dare I say it phrase PHR with cl (politeness) Politicians ordinarily concenter younger women, dare I say it, because of the status they have in society.

7 You can use `I cartel say' or `I daresay' before or later a statement to indicate that you lot believe it is probably truthful.
♦ I cartel say/I daresay phrase PHR that, cl PHR (=I suppose)

Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary

Collaborative Dictionary     English Cobuild

don't hold your jiff	exp.	expression used when referring to something that is unlikely to happen soon (not in the fourth dimension interval that 1 tin resist belongings his breath)	E.g.: "Will the economy recover any shortly?" - "Don't concord your breath."
don't surrender the 24-hour interval chore	id.	a humorous fashion of recommending someone not to pursue something at which they are unlikely to be expert or successful and thus, to rather stick to what they can practice best, namely, their chore	Ex.: Although she had poured her whole heart and soul into her singing at the karaoke, her somewhat vicious just nonetheless lucid friends told her: 'don't give up the day job!'
idgaf	abbr. acron.	I don't give a fuck
IDK	abbr. acron.	Short for "I don't know".	[Fam.]
shovelware	n.	software or apps pre-installed that you don't necessarily demand	[Comp.]
call information technology even	exp.	consider that ii parties don't owe annihilation to each other
paywall	n.	the mechanism of blocking certain features for people who don't pay, peculiarly on freemium models, for newspapers for example
beats me!	exp.	I have no idea; I don't take a inkling	[Informal] E.k.: Why was she upset? - Beats me!
avoidantly attached	adj.	relative to people who are attached just don't want to exist too intimate with someone on whom they are dependent	psychology
it's got bits in it	northward.	means a liquid is not clear: this tea's got bits in it, I don't like yogurt with bits in it	assez proche de fifty'idée de 'il y a à boire et à manger'
living together apart	adj.	term used for describing the lifestyle of married or unmarried long-term couples who don't live under the same roof	[Psych.] acronym: LAT. east.g LAT couples, LAT relationships
You can say that over again!	id.	expression used to show total agreement on smth.

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