gauntleted

noun

also US gantlet , pl -lets

[count] :a situation in which someone is attacked, criticized, questioned, etc., by many people - usually used in the phrase run the gauntlet

Soldiers in the past were sometimes punished by being forced to run the gauntlet. [=to run between two rows of men who would hit them with clubs]

He had to run the gauntlet of reporters waiting outside the court. - compare 2gauntlet

noun

plural -lets

[count] a metal glove worn with a suit of armor by soldiers in the Middle Ages

a long, heavy glove worn to protect the hand - compare 1gauntlet

pick/take up the gauntlet

to show that you are willing and ready to fight, argue, or compete with someone or to do something that is difficult but necessary :to accept or respond to a challenge

The time has come for Congress to pick up the gauntlet and do something about this problem.

throw down the gauntlet

to say or show that you are ready to fight, argue, or compete with someone :to challenge someone

The company threw down the gauntlet and told the union that this offer for a contract was final.

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