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单词 take up the gauntlet
释义

take up the gauntlet

accept (or issue) a challenge
接受(或发出)挑战。
ORIGIN: from the medieval custom of issuing a challenge by throwing one's gauntlet to the ground; whoever picked it up was deemed to have accepted the challenge.

See main entry:gauntlet

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