I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bold/daring move (= taking a lot of courage )
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The writers made a bold move by kiling off the main character.
a daring rescue
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The lifeboat crew has been honoured for a daring rescue on the Cleveland coast.
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more
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That might be some guarantee of bigger, better, more varied and more daring programming.
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Julie was a rich kid who loved to associate with the tougher, more daring local boys.
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We've tried to be a bit more daring .
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a daring new production of "Hamlet"
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a daring pilot
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He would often do very foolish things just to prove how daring he was.
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It is a particularly daring stunt, involving being tied up and suspended in mid-air.
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Miller is exceptionally good in this daring film.
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Three inmates fled the prison in a daring tunnel escape.
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Today she's wearing a daring two-piece suit in bold purple and orange.
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When she was young, everybody thought my grandmother was terribly daring because she smoked.
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A daring proposal was made to reconcile the continuity of the Schrödinger equation with the discontinuity of empirical experience.
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Alfred Wegener was a keen thinker and a daring pioneer.
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Another such stunt, I still remember rather too graphically, involved a daring knife-throwing act at a local night club.
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In the second half, Joey Beauchamp came flying in like the daring young man on the trapeze.
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Its daring use of music, mime, dance and humour challenges the audience to look beyond the stereotypes.
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She wore smocked Liberty dresses and sandals and smoked in the street, considered very daring .
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The thrill of discovering that he could break into secret files spurred Paul on to more daring data raids.
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Then, as a daring but romantic gown of navy blue silk crepe made its appearance, the moment came.
II. noun
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The young composer has shown considerable daring in his music.
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What happened next was a classic example of foolhardy daring which very nearly came badly unstuck.