how dare (someone)

phrase

used in speech to show anger about what someone has done or said
How dare you touch me!
How dare he speak to you like that!

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This event happens once a year, so how dare weather spoil it? Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 July 2025 Most especially how dare someone call me that over pickleball. Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025 As a rich American with an insatiable appetite for cheap crap, how dare those poor Cambodians pull themselves out of poverty by building an export economy around delivering me said cheap crap! Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025 Because how dare we be denied Heat-Celtics and the next chapter in Miami’s greatest sports rivalry? Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024

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“How dare (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/how%20dare%20%28someone%29. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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