take up the gauntlet

But, according to April Glaser, the court’s opinion came with a very significant silver lining: Even though net neutrality won’t become the law of the land, at least for the time being, states can still take up the gauntlet on their own.

States, cities and big businesses will take up the gauntlet and carry the United States’ commitment in Paris in 2015 forward if, or when, the national government abandons the playing field in an ultimately futile effort to protect and shelter energy industries born in the 19th century that are, even now, being replaced by 21st century energy technologies.

The state’s support for Spaceport America is supposed to eventually enable Justin Bieber and his manager, Scooter Braun – who might be the first astronauts with high school-level educations – to take up the gauntlet of the Neil Armstrongs and Chris Hadfields of the past era.

I think” — and here he expressed harsh criticism of Netanyahu without explicitly mentioning his name — “that if the people of Israel heard from the leadership that there is a chance for peace, they would take up the gauntlet and believe it.”

It thus became necessary to take up the gauntlet thrown down to us, and to fight out the struggle whether we liked it or not.