单词 | take up (or throw down) the gauntlet |
释义 | take up (or throw down) the gauntletAccept (or issue) a challenge: he threw down the gauntlet to cabinet colleagues...
From the medieval custom of issuing a challenge by throwing one's gauntlet to the ground; whoever picked it up was deemed to have accepted the challenge See parent entry: gauntlet |
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