double-dog dare

present singular third person double-dog dares · participle present double-dog daring · participle past double-dog dared · past double-dog dared

1. USalternativeinformalAlternative form of double dog dare.

   Double-dog daring his enemies to prove him otherwise, Jesus declared, "Before Abraham was born, I am" (John 8:58).

   2003, Max Lucado, “God Gets into Things: Stormy Places”, in Next Door Savior, Nashville, Tenn.: W Publishing Group, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 126

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   It wasn't until he let off a round at Sergeant Shireman when Sergeant Shireman was trying to answer a call of nature in the woods, thereby interrupting the platoon hero at his daily toilette, that we had our fill of him. "Dirty little shitbird!" Sergeant Shireman raged, stomping down the line in open view buttoning his pants, as though double-dog daring the sniper to try it again.

   1989 January, Craig Roberts, Charles W. Sasser, chapter 23, in The Walking Dead: A Marine’s Story of Vietnam, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 166

   Someone once wrote in to my radio show and double-dog dared me to address a certain issue on the porch. Their suggestion isn't important to our discussion, but their complete mishandling of the double-dog dare is very alarming.

   2008, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, “Buns in the Oven: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters about Having and Raising Children (with Bread Recipes for All Your Little Honeybuns)”, in Suck Your Stomach in and Put Some Color on: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters that the Rest of Y’all Should Know Too, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 110

plural double-dog dares

1. USalternativeinformalAlternative form of double dog dare.

   I didn't need Phil tossing out double-dog dares.

   2004, Evelyn Vaughn, chapter 1, in Her Kind of Trouble, Richmond, Surrey: Silhouette Sensation, →ISBN, page 8

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   Someone once wrote in to my radio show and double-dog dared me to address a certain issue on the porch. Their suggestion isn't important to our discussion, but their complete mishandling of the double-dog dare is very alarming.

   2008, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, “Buns in the Oven: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters about Having and Raising Children (with Bread Recipes for All Your Little Honeybuns)”, in Suck Your Stomach in and Put Some Color on: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters that the Rest of Y’all Should Know Too, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 110

   She never could turn down a double-dog dare. […] That double-dog dare led to The Pencil Dick Poster Incident that had gotten Ruby two weeks' suspension and a stag trip to the prom.

   2009 July, Dana Marie Bell, chapter 1, in Dare to Believe, Macon, Ga.: Samhain Publishing, published May 2010, →ISBN, page 10

   "Olivia and I go way back." Back to Girl Scouts and slumber parties and double-dog dares and pinky promises made beneath the stars.

   2022, Alexandria Bellefleur, chapter 1, in Count Your Lucky Stars, New York, N.Y.: Avon, →ISBN