throw down the gauntlet

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthrow down the gauntletthrow down the gauntletCOMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto invite someone to fight or compete over a disagreement → gauntletExamples from the Corpusthrow down the gauntlet• Fresh from their success they have thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the Group.• At this point Morag Harkness, Sales Manager threw down the gauntlet and challenged the guys to a netball match.• It's going on five years since Earl Woods threw down the gauntlet and the snickering has stopped.

单词	throw down the gauntlet
释义	throw down the gauntlet From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthrow down the gauntletthrow down the gauntletCOMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto invite someone to fight or compete over a disagreement → gauntletExamples from the Corpusthrow down the gauntlet• Fresh from their success they have thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the Group.• At this point Morag Harkness, Sales Manager threw down the gauntlet and challenged the guys to a netball match.• It's going on five years since Earl Woods threw down the gauntlet and the snickering has stopped.
随便看	let somebody something let somebody stew let somebody stew in their own juice let somebody/something do something let somebody/something into something let somebody/something off let somebody/something ↔ down let something alone let something be/equal/represent something let something drift let something drop/rest/lie let something go let something go for £20/$200 etc let something out to somebody let something pass let something ride let something slide let something slip let something slip (through your fingers) let something to somebody let stew let stew in their own juice let the cat out of the bag let the dust settle for the dust to settle let the dust settle/wait for the dust to settle