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run the gauntlet en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From a corruption of run the gauntlope, run the gantelope. More at gantlope.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To undergo a series of tests or challenges.
    • Run the gauntlet north and south March on up to the cannon's mouth And say I can do any goddamn thing I want 1985, J. G. Thirlwell, “Anything (Viva!)”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
run the gantlet alternative lexicographic
run the gauntlet Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ran the gauntlet Tense=Past lexicographic
running the gauntlet Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
run the gauntlope alternative lexicographic
run the gantlope alternative lexicographic
runs the gauntlet Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

run the gamut · gantlope

Synonyms

pass the pikes

Translations (9)

pl podjąć wyzwanie (to undergo a series of tests or challenges) · hu állja a támadásokat (to undergo a series of tests or challenges) · fr braver (to undergo a series of tests or challenges) · fr endurer (to undergo a series of tests or challenges) · fi juosta kujanjuoksua (to undergo a series of tests or challenges) · fr affronter (to undergo a series of tests or challenges) · pl podejmować wyzwanie (to undergo a series of tests or challenges) · es atravesar la tormenta (to undergo a series of tests or challenges) · hu bírálat(ok) pergőtüzében áll (to undergo a series of tests or challenges)