| Main Entry: | dare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, defy someone |
Synonyms: |
beard, brave, bully, call one's bluff, confront, cope, denounce, disregard, face, face off, front, goad, insult, knock chip off shoulder, laugh at, make my day, meet, mock, muster courage, oppose, outdare, provoke, resist, run the gauntlet, scorn, spurn, square off, step over the line, take one on, taunt, threaten, throw down gauntlet |
| Main Entry: | run the gauntlet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go through an ordeal |
Synonyms: |
be a target, be a whipping boy, come to grips with, court disaster, face criticism, face one's punishment, go in harm's way, go through fire and water, march up to the cannon's mouth, meet head-on, take one's life in one's hands, take potshots, take the bull by the horns |