Take-up-the-gauntlet Definition

verb

(idiomatic) To accept a challenge.

He doesn't read Greek, but he really took up the gauntlet and did his best to understand the letter, anyway.
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Origin of Take-up-the-gauntlet

  • See throw down the gauntlet.

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