THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET

Meaning of THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET in English

to invite sb to fight or compete with you

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — challenge someone to a fight or something similar The government threw down the gauntlet to the opposition party to either …
English Idioms vocab
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
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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
THROW
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
THROW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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