Sekirov Dictionary

throw down the gauntlet

verb1

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To issue a challenge.
- We might as well dispute with Dimock on a Coronation Day, as argue with these Writers. They strut, vapour, throw down the Gauntlet, and defy us to take it up. — 1730

forms

threw down the gauntlet · thrown down the gauntlet · throwing down the gauntlet · throws down the gauntlet

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