"run the gauntlet" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-run the gauntlet.ogg Forms: runs the gauntlet [present, singular, third-person], running the gauntlet [participle, present], ran the gauntlet [past], run the gauntlet [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> the gauntlet}} run the gauntlet (third-person singular simple present runs the gauntlet, present participle running the gauntlet, simple past ran the gauntlet, past participle run the gauntlet)
  1. (idiomatic) To undergo a series of tests or challenges. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: pass the pikes [archaic], run the gantlet Related terms: run the gamut (english: not to be confused) Translations (to undergo a series of tests or challenges): juosta kujanjuoksua (Finnish), affronter (French), braver (French), endurer (French), bírálat(ok) pergőtüzében áll (Hungarian), állja a támadásokat (Hungarian), podejmować wyzwanie (english: to take up the challenge) [imperfective] (Polish), podjąć wyzwanie [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To undergo a series of tests or challenges."
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          "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
          "word": "juosta kujanjuoksua"
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          "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
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          "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
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          "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
          "word": "bírálat(ok) pergőtüzében áll"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
          "word": "állja a támadásokat"
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          "english": "to take up the challenge",
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          "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
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          "word": "podejmować wyzwanie"
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          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "podjąć wyzwanie"
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      "word": "pass the pikes"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
      "word": "juosta kujanjuoksua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
      "word": "affronter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
      "word": "braver"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
      "word": "endurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
      "word": "bírálat(ok) pergőtüzében áll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
      "word": "állja a támadásokat"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "english": "to take up the challenge",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podejmować wyzwanie"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
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    }
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}

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