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
"He will take up the gauntlet presently," said Beatrice.
From Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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
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
As if to take up the gauntlet, a faint zephyr flicked the listless cheek of the ocean, and slapped the sails.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
