throw\ down\ the\ gauntlet

throw\ down\ the\ gauntlet
v. phr.
To challenge, especially to a fight.

Another candidate for the presidency has thrown down the gauntlet.


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  • Throw down the gauntlet —   Throw down the gauntlet is to issue a challenge to somebody …   Dictionary of English idioms

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