take up the gauntlet
Example Sentences
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Two new books, one from each of these two perspectives, take up the gauntlet of explaining successful innovation.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2010
The first man to take up the gauntlet the Nullifiers had thrown down was Webster, in his famous reply to Hayne.
From Thomas Hart Benton by Roosevelt, Theodore
I must he put on my defence, I must take up the gauntlet continually, or I find I lose ground.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William
The government decided not to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the Peers, but to proceed with the rest of their political programme.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
“No, he’s not,” said I, ready to take up the gauntlet for my friend; “and you’d better not say it again!”
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
