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run the gantlet

See at: run the gauntlet

Etymology: based on the Swedish word gantlopp (= a running down a path) used to describe a punishment in the Swedish army in which a soldier had to run between two rows of men who hit him as he ran

See also: run

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Even though he came late in the succession of inventors, Bell had to run the gantlet of scoffing and adversity. The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context More results

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