Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Daring deeds; daring action.
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Examples
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He was a good-humored hero who, while capable of daring-do, was more at home singing love songs and lullabies.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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And that there is no reward too great for their daring-do?
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Flicks like THE TRANSPORTER series, CRANK, DEATH RACE, and others have raised the bar for improbable action sequences and the result has been movies filled to the brim with unrealistic feets of daring-do and an over dependence on the CGI needed to bring those scenes to unconvincing life.
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Would you have celebrated their daring-do by lighting their cigars?
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Predictably, Newt Gingrich's bold visions of moon bases and resurgent American daring-do in space were viewed like a Daffy Duck cartoon by a media ever more resigned to national mediocrity and a public ever more comfortable with second place finishes behind a militant, communist China.
Peter Navarro and Greg Autry: Newt May Have Lost in the Space State, but He Wasn't Just Giving Way to Lunar-cy Peter Navarro 2012
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He would always tell stories of daring-do behind the lines in North
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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In this case I wonder if taking this to be a book without fighting, daring-do, in fact without BIG WAR, and comedy too, it was automatic to go for a cover at the other extreme.
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Predictably, Newt Gingrich's bold visions of moon bases and resurgent American daring-do in space were viewed like a Daffy Duck cartoon by a media ever more resigned to national mediocrity and a public ever more comfortable with second place finishes behind a militant, communist China.
Peter Navarro and Greg Autry: Newt May Have Lost in the Space State, but He Wasn't Just Giving Way to Lunar-cy Peter Navarro 2012
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I grew up on The Three Musketeers and Zorro, on old Errol Flynn movies and Victoria Holt novels, all of which provided a vibrant imaginary landscape for deeds of daring-do.
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It would have been great if the stories they told about him were less technical, less about daring-do, and more personal.
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