take up the gauntlet
take up the gauntlet · takes up the gauntlet · took up the gauntlet · taken up the gauntlet · taking up the gauntlet
поднять перчатку, принять вызов
To accept a challengeTo accept a challenge.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
подня́ть перчаткуpodnjátʹ perčatku, приня́ть вы́зовprinjátʹ výzov
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
accept a challenge:
Origin
See throw down the gauntlet. (Cf. French relever le gant)See throw down the gauntlet. (Cf. French relever le gant)
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Forms
takes up the gauntlet, taking up the gauntlet, took up the gauntlet, taken up the gauntlet| Base form | take up the gauntlet · to take up the gauntlet |
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| 3rd person singular | takes up the gauntlet |
| Present participle | taking up the gauntlet |
| Past simple | took up the gauntlet |
| Past participle | taken up the gauntlet |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle