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
His supporters in the House were not over-eager to take up the gauntlet, but as usual the wishes of the President prevailed.
From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen
But he was now grown wiser, and would not take up the gauntlet.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
The first man to take up the gauntlet the Nullifiers had thrown down was Webster, in his famous reply to Hayne.
From Thomas Hart Benton by Roosevelt, Theodore
As he spoke the last words, he cast a rather meaning glance at Fr�ulein Lina, who was quick to take up the gauntlet.
From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
