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词组 gauntlet
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gauntlet

run the gauntlet go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd, place, or experience in order to reach a goal.

☞ This phrase alludes to the former military practice of punishing a wrongdoer by forcing him to run between two lines of men armed with sticks, who beat him as he passed. Gauntlet here has nothing to do with a glove, but is a version of an earlier word gantlope, itself taken from Swedish gatloppe, which meant 'lane course'.

throw down (or take up) the gauntlet issue (or accept) a challenge.

☞ In medieval times, a person issued a challenge by throwing their gauntlet (i.e. glove) to the ground; whoever picked it up was deemed to have accepted the challenge.

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