fling (throw) down the gauntlet
[ (gawnt-luht) ]
To issue a challenge: “The candidate flung down the gauntlet and challenged his opponent to a debate.” A gauntlet was a glove; the wearer would throw it to the ground to show that he was challenging an opponent to fight.
Words Nearby fling (throw) down the gauntlet
- Flinders Island
- Flinders Range
- fling
- flinger
- fling oneself at someone
- fling (throw) down the gauntlet
- flint
- flint corn
- flint glass
- flinthead
- flintlock
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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