take up the gauntlet

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Etymology

See throw down the gauntlet. (Cf. French relever le gant)

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take up the gauntlet (third-person singular simple present takes up the gauntlet, present participle taking up the gauntlet, simple past took up the gauntlet, past participle taken up the gauntlet)

  1. (idiomatic) To accept a challenge.
    He doesn't read Greek, but he took up the gauntlet and did his best to understand the letter, anyway.

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