run the gauntlet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To undergo a series of tests or challenges.

Pronunciation

En-au-run the gauntlet.ogg

Word forms

run the gauntlet runs the gauntlet running the gauntlet ran the gauntlet run the gantlet run the gantlope run the gauntlope

Etymology

From a corruption of run the gauntlope, run the gantelope. More at gantlope.

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