to cast (out) the gauntlet, to fling out (or down) the gauntlet, to throw (down) the gauntlet (= French jeter le gant): to give a challenge, from…
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > challenge [verb (intransitive)] (8) to cast (out) the gauntlet1548 to cast (out) the gauntlet, to fling out (or down) the gauntlet, to throw (down) the gauntlet (= French jeter le gant): to give a challenge, from… to throw (down) the gauntlet1548 to cast (out) the gauntlet, to fling out (or down) the gauntlet, to throw (down) the gauntlet (= French jeter le gant): to give a challenge, from… to cast one's mitten1589 to cast one's mitten: to offer a challenge (cf. gauntlet, n.1 1c). Obsolete. to bid the basea1616 to bid the base: to challenge to a run at prisoners' base; hence figurative. Obsolete. See base, n.3 to cast, take up, throw (down) the glove1896 as token of a pledge or of a challenge to battle. Also to†cast, take up, throw (down) the glove. literal and figurative. Subcategories:— accept a challenge (2) — offer a strong challenge (1) |
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