take up the gauntlet
Example Sentences
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Two new books, one from each of these two perspectives, take up the gauntlet of explaining successful innovation.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2010
And in all chivalrous France was there not a champion to take up the gauntlet in defence of a helpless girl?
From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence
"He will take up the gauntlet presently," said Beatrice.
From Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
I must he put on my defence, I must take up the gauntlet continually, or I find I lose ground.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William
Some who were too fond of controversy, as they grew wiser, have refused to take up the gauntlet.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
