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Complete Definition of "take up the gauntlet"

English
Etymology
See throw down the gauntlet
Verb
take up the gauntlet

  1. idiom To accept a challenge.

#:He doesn't read Greek, but he really took up the gauntlet and did his best to understand the letter, anyway.
Translations
Russian: подн��� пе��а�к�,п�ин��� в�зов

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