"run the gauntlet" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs the gauntlet",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running the gauntlet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran the gauntlet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run the gauntlet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> the gauntlet"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985, J. G. Thirlwell (lyrics and music), “Anything (Viva!)”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel",
          "text": "Run the gauntlet north and south\nMarch on up to the cannon's mouth\nAnd say I can do any goddamn thing I want",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To undergo a series of tests or challenges."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_the_gauntlet-en-verb-QvJ-HN2C",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To undergo a series of tests or challenges."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "not to be confused",
          "word": "run the gamut"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "pass the pikes"
        },
        {
          "word": "run the gantlet"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "english": "to take up the challenge",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "podejmować wyzwanie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "podjąć wyzwanie"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "En-au-run the gauntlet.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/En-au-run_the_gauntlet.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run the gauntlet"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs the gauntlet",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running the gauntlet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran the gauntlet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run the gauntlet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> the gauntlet"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "not to be confused",
      "word": "run the gamut"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985, J. G. Thirlwell (lyrics and music), “Anything (Viva!)”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel",
          "text": "Run the gauntlet north and south\nMarch on up to the cannon's mouth\nAnd say I can do any goddamn thing I want",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To undergo a series of tests or challenges."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To undergo a series of tests or challenges."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-run the gauntlet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/En-au-run_the_gauntlet.ogg/En-au-run_the_gauntlet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/En-au-run_the_gauntlet.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "pass the pikes"
    },
    {
      "word": "run the gantlet"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "to take up the challenge",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podejmować wyzwanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to undergo a series of tests or challenges",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podjąć wyzwanie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run the gauntlet"
}