gauntlet

Examples

• All

• I have to say that, for me, they've certainly thrown down the gauntlet by declaring "Suck it, Wolverine!"

  Blog text (23)

• The time's gonna come when I throw down the gauntlet and say, " It's me or her."

  Chasing Amy (1997)

• The object was to throw the gauntlet: come and fight!

  Spitfire (2018)

• The gauntlet has been thrown.

  God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)

• We, as the voters, need to throw down the gauntlet at each election.

  Blog text (8)

• Let me take up this gauntlet, Sire.

  El Cid (1961)

• The gauntlet has been thrown down, and the family may not survive this rupture of its peace.

  Fiction book (1990)

• In short, he throws down the gauntlet to the majority of Americans whose thinking, or nonthinking, reflects nonpacifist and nonviolent presuppositions.

  Academic text (1991)

• The politician threw down the gauntlet by challenging his opponents to a public debate.

• After the defeat, she decided to take up the gauntlet and train harder for the next competition.

Synonyms

C

challenge

vsgauntlet

268 2.3

An invitation to compete against someone, for example in a game

is an idiomatic invitation to fight or compete often phrased as a formal dare

T

throwdown

vsgauntlet

• Informal

1 7.7

An informal contest to see who is best at a skill

is an idiomatic often formal invitation to compete rather than a casual match

Idioms

T

to throw down the gauntlet

4 7.7

To openly challenge someone in front of others

R

to run the gauntlet

3 8.1

To face many difficult questions or strong criticism

P

to pick up the gauntlet

• Informal

1 8.6

To accept a challenge and try to meet it

T

to take up the gauntlet

• Informal

1 8.1

To accept a public challenge to show you will compete

How Challenging

ultimatum

• Formal

143 7.6

provocation

58 7.2

gauntlet

• Informal

29 8.3

challenge

268 2.3

dare

57 2.5

Surface Forms

Etymology