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Meaning of dass | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2 Specialized
/dæs/

Definitions

To dare.

archaic

Equivalents

Français dass

Examples

“We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody dassed, 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face.”
“Gim scrached a line in the dirt and told Will not to dass to step over it and then Will put a chip on his sholeder and told Gim not to dass to nock it off”
“"Ay, an' lost me th' ship, 'cause I'd never dassed take her wi' only twenty barrel o' bait, 'f I'd knowed th' new law. I hain't got much money, Mr. Burberry, an' there's the missils an' kiddies to house an' dress an' feed.”
“You weren't smart to refuse; you could have had a peep inside the General's house, maybe, and I don't believe she'd dassed said a word about birds on hats, with one of the company wearing 'em!”
“"If anyone dasses to risk my fist, it's Boff! and it's Wham! Understand?"”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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