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how dare someone

how dare someone interjection: used to express indignation and shock at someone's actions.

Interjection

  1. Used to express indignation and shock at someone's actions.
    • How dare she accuse me like that?
    • “I’ve seen you. Twice. […]”
      ”So that was you, spying about under the beeches.”
      ”How dare you use such a word?”
      ”How dare you say such a thing?”1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

Words formed from how dare someone

Questions about how dare someone

What does how dare someone mean?
How dare someone means used to express indignation and shock at someone's actions.
What part of speech is how dare someone?
How dare someone is an interjection.

Words near how dare someone in the dictionary

  1. how are you keeping
  2. how bist
  3. how came you so
  4. how can you sleep at night
  5. how come
  6. how dare someone
  7. how dare you
  8. how did it go
  9. how do
  10. how do I get to
  11. how do I get to the airport

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