dare say

See also: daresay

English

Verb

dare say (third-person singular simple present dares say or dare say, present participle daring to say, simple past and past participle dared say or (archaic) durst say)

1. (intransitive, originally, now less common) Alternative form of daresay
   • 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:

     The kitchen window was open. I asked Sydney if he had left it so.
     ‘I don’t know, — I dare say we did; I don’t fancy that either of us stood on the order of his coming.’