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

I will take up the gauntlet he has thrown down.

From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

All eyes were turned on Falk who was compelled to take up the gauntlet, for no one doubted that Ygberg's criticism was a challenge.

From The Red Room by Strindberg, August

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.

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