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 > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > challenge to hostilities (3) 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… wheel1875 spec. To twirl or flourish (a stick) in menace or challenge. Also absol. (in Irish use). Subcategories:— accept challenge (1) |
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