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take up the gauntlet

VERB

fight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attack battle challenge clash meet protect resist

STRONG

altercate assault bicker box brawl buck contend dispute duel feud grapple joust oppugn quarrel repel rowdy scrap scuffle skirmish spar strive struggle tiff tilt traverse tug tussle war withstand wrangle wrestle

WEAK

bandy with bear arms brush with carry on war cross swords do battle exchange blows flare-up go to war mix it up ply weapons take all comers take the field wage war

Antonyms

STRONG

agree give in make peace surrender yield

WEAK

believe support uphold

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

And in all chivalrous France was there not a champion to take up the gauntlet in defence of a helpless girl?

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence

I believe I know what is good for the people, and when I am sure of it I shall not be afraid to take up the gauntlet.

From A Lost Leader by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

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

No, no; he must take up the gauntlet, however contemptible the hand might be that had thrown it down in the dark.

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich

take up the gauntlet

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