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Blog posts : "throwing down the gauntlet"

Throwing down the gauntlet; picking up the gauntlet

The idiom; "throw down the gauntlet" came from a literal action of throwing a gauntlet to the ground.

During medieval times if a knight wanted to make a challenge he would literally throw his gauntlet (glove) to the ground in front of his competitor. If the challenge was accepted the opponent would…

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