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
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
Regular arrangements were made, definite challenges were given and accepted, and fights took place between successive sets of boys as they grew old enough to throw down or take up the gauntlet.
From Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War by Beers, Fannie A.
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
