THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET

Meaning of THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET in English

challenge someone to a fight or something similar The government threw down the gauntlet to the opposition party to either give an alternative or stop criticizing the government`s plans.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET — to invite sb to fight or compete with you
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET — see gauntlet
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET — see gauntlet
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET — {v. phr.} To challenge, especially to a fight. * /Another candidate for the presidency has thrown down the gauntlet./
Slang English vocab
THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET — {v. phr.} To challenge, especially to a fight. * /Another candidate for the presidency has thrown down the gauntlet./
Словарь английских идиом
THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET — v. phr. To challenge, especially to a fight. Another candidate for the presidency has thrown down the gauntlet.
American Idioms English vocabulary
THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET — бросать вызов, бросить перчатку
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THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET — бросать вызов, бросить перчатку
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GAUNTLET — gante con manchette, garda-manu
English interlingue dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; or dialect throwed ˈthrōd ; or trun ˈtrən ; thrown ˈthrōn ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAUNTLET — I. ˈgȯntlə̇t, ˈgän-, ˈgȧn-, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English gauntlette, from Middle French gantelet, diminutive of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GAUNTLET — gauntlet 1 — gauntleted , adj. /gawnt"lit, gahnt"-/ , n. 1. a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; thrown ˈthrōn ; throw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, throwen to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GAUNTLET — I. noun also gant·let ˈgȯnt-lət, ˈgänt- Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French gantelet, diminutive of gant glove, from Old French, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROW — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. throw ·noun an effort; a violent sally. 3. throw ·noun a turner's lathe; a …
Webster English vocab
GAUNTLET — noun a long glove, covering the wrist. 2. gauntlet ·noun ·see gantlet. 3. gauntlet ·noun a rope on which hammocks …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
THROW — [throw] vb threw ; thrown ; throw.ing [ME thrawen, throwen to cause to twist, throw, fr. OE thrawan to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GAUNTLET — [gaunt.let] n [ME, fr. MF gantelet, dim. of gant glove, of Gmc origin; akin to MD want glove, ON vottr] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GAUNTLET — gauntlet BrE AmE ˈɡɔːnt lət -lɪt ˈɡɑːnt- ▷ gauntlet|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GAUNTLET — / ˈgɔːntlət; NAmE / noun 1. a metal glove worn as part of a suit of armour by soldiers in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GAUNTLET — gaunt ‧ let /ˈɡɔːntlət, ˈɡɔːntlɪt $ ˈɡɒːnt-/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-2, 4-5: Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GAUNTLET — n. (US gantlet) ørun the gauntlet 1 be subjected to harsh criticism. 2 pass between two rows of people and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GAUNTLET — n. 1 a stout glove with a long loose wrist. 2 hist. an armoured glove. 3 the part of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROW — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GAUNTLET — n. (US gantlet) run the gauntlet 1 be subjected to harsh criticism. 2 pass between two rows of people and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GAUNTLET — n. 1 a stout glove with a long loose wrist. 2 hist. an armoured glove. 3 the part of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1. propel with some force through the air or in a …
Oxford English vocab
GAUNTLET — 1. n.1 a stout glove with a long loose wrist. 2 hist. an armoured glove. 3 the part of a …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — ( throws, throwing, threw, thrown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GAUNTLET — ( gauntlets) 1. Gauntlets are long, thick, protective gloves. ...a pair of black leather driving gauntlets. N-COUNT : usu pl …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GAUNTLET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take up the challenge/gauntlet ▪ Rick took up the challenge and cycled the 250 mile …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GAUNTLET — [noun] [C] - a long thick glove, worn for protectionShe put on a helmet and a leather jacket and gauntlets …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GAUNTLET — See: RUN THE GAUNTLET, THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET.
Slang English vocab
THROW — n. throw away throw back throw down throw in throw off throw out throw over throw up throwing away
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THROW — INDEX: to throw something through the air 1. to throw something 2. to throw a ball in a game 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROW — n. 25B6; verb she threw the ball back : HURL, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, catapult, project, propel; bowl; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — v. 1 toss, cast, hurl, fling, sling, pitch, dash, propel, project, shy, bowl, send, launch, Colloq chuck He threw the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GAUNTLET — See: RUN THE GAUNTLET, THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET.
Словарь английских идиом
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спорт бросок (прием в различных видах борьбы) в) дальность броска; расстояние, на которое …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GAUNTLET — I сущ. 1) рукавица; перчатка с крагами 2) ист. латная рукавица ∙ Syn : challenge to throw/fling down the gauntlet …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — throw.ogg 1. θrəʋ n 1. бросание; бросок at a single throw - одним ударом; сразу to have a throw at …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GAUNTLET — gauntlet.ogg _I ʹgɔ:ntlıt n 1. рукавица, перчатка с крагами ( у шофёра, фехтовальщика и т. п. ) 2. ист. латная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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