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
"He will take up the gauntlet presently," said Beatrice.
From Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Pitt resolved to take up the gauntlet flung down by these two powerful Societies.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
It thus became necessary to take up the gauntlet thrown down to us, and to fight out the struggle whether we liked it or not.
From Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels
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 August Strindberg
