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
Be that as it may, Varro is made to take up the gauntlet and to rush away at once amid the philosophers.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
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
For a moment Mr. Hornblower seemed tempted to take up the gauntlet with himself, challenging his own forcibly expressed convictions.
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.
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
