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alt. 1 (&lit run gauntlet gloss2=double row of soldiers English) 2 (context idiomatic English) To undergo a series of tests or challenges. vb. 1 (&lit run gauntlet gloss2=double row of soldiers English) 2 (context idiomatic English) To undergo a series of tests or challenges.
Usage examples of "run the gauntlet".
I would be made to run the gauntlet and the Prince whose paddle pleased her the most, that is, the one whose paddle struck me the hardest and fiercest, would then be rewarded before I again commenced the gauntlet and so on.
Or we try to run the gauntlet of Newport News in this damn hulk—.
The relief column would have to run the gauntlet between them, between a crossfire of snipgun beams that blanketed the entire corridor.
Unwilling as he was to lose time, John Rex saw that to attempt to run the gauntlet of these four stations would be destruction.
On firm ground Ilna might've been able to simply run the gauntlet of the parasites instead of tricking them into fighting for territories, but she didn't trust this jellied sponginess.
This was all very well, but we were going to have to run the gauntlet to get inside, as I pointed out.
They used to play 'run the gauntlet', whereby everyone got given a number while Jake turned his back.
The path to the lodge was set with stones so people heading for it would not have to walk in the mud, though one still had to run the gauntlet of mosquitoes.
They'd caught me, stripped me, and had me set to run the gauntlet, only I'd started before they were ready and had broken free, taking off across the country.
On the other hand he wasn't sure that he was prepared to run the gauntlet of the lions who had sauntered away from their last meal and were lying about on the lawn in front of the terrace.
So there was really no choice: We would have to run the gauntlet, and acid be damned.
I grabbed the whole lot and set off at high speed to run the gauntlet of the cook who tried to seize the jar with one hand while beating me with the other.
The rest retreated, too scared to run the gauntlet of the pirates, broken in spirit as well as body, their rags of clothes beyond repair.