take up the gauntlet en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
See throw down the gauntlet. (Cf. French relever le gant)
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To accept a challenge.
It was they, the ones without rights or positions, who had taken up the Emperor Wilhelm's gauntlet.
1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 99:He doesn't read Greek, but he took up the gauntlet and did his best to understand the letter, anyway.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taking up the gauntlet | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| takes up the gauntlet | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| took up the gauntlet | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| take up the gantlet | alternative | lexicographic | |
| taken up the gauntlet | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
ca prendre el guant (accept a challenge) · he הֵרִים אֶת הַכְּפָפָה (accept a challenge) · fr relever le gant (accept a challenge) · es recoger el guante (accept a challenge) · gd rach cùrsa nan slat (accept a challenge) · ru подня́ть перчатку (accept a challenge) · id mengambil tantangan (accept a challenge) · ru приня́ть вы́зов (accept a challenge) · bg приемам предизвикателство (accept a challenge) · it raccogliere il guanto (accept a challenge) · fi ottaa haaste vastaan (accept a challenge)