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pick/take up the gauntlet

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pick/take up the gauntlet

throw down the gauntlet - to invite someone to argue, fight, or compete with you. He challenged me to a game of squash last week and I'm thinking I might just take up the gauntlet.

See also: gauntlet, pick, take

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