throw down the gauntlet

COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto invite someone to fight or compete over a disagreement 发出挑战

Examples from the Corpus

throw down the gauntlet• Fresh from their success they have thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the Group.• At this point Morag Harkness, Sales Manager threw down the gauntlet and challenged the guys to a netball match.• Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony, including Wally Fuentes Morrison, and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet.• It's going on five years since Earl Woods threw down the gauntlet and the snickering has stopped.

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单词	throw down the gauntlet
释义	throw down the gauntlet throw down the gauntlet COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto invite someone to fight or compete over a disagreement 发出挑战 Examples from the Corpus throw down the gauntlet• Fresh from their success they have thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the Group.• At this point Morag Harkness, Sales Manager threw down the gauntlet and challenged the guys to a netball match.• Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony, including Wally Fuentes Morrison, and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet.• It's going on five years since Earl Woods threw down the gauntlet and the snickering has stopped. → throw down the gauntlet at gauntlet(1)
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