Meaning of take up the gauntlet | Babel Free
Definitions
To accept a challenge.
idiomatic
Equivalents
Examples
“He doesn't read Greek, but he took up the gauntlet and did his best to understand the letter, anyway.”
“It was they, the ones without rights or positions, who had taken up the Emperor Wilhelm's gauntlet.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.