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
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.
Pitt resolved to take up the gauntlet flung down by these two powerful Societies.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
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
