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
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
No, no; he must take up the gauntlet, however contemptible the hand might be that had thrown it down in the dark.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich
I will take up the gauntlet he has thrown down.
From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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
