Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take/pick up the gauntlet” and its meaning is “to accept a challenge (whereas ‘throw down a gauntlet’ means ‘to issue a challenge’): ‘gauntlet’ literally means ‘a medieval, armoured/protective gloves’ and it figuratively means ‘an open challenge’”.
Example Sentence: In 2008, the Bucharest NATO summit declaration offered an open-ended timeframe for membership to Georgia and Ukraine. Russia was quick to pick up the gauntlet. Months later, citing Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s actions in South Ossetia as a provocation, Russia intervened taking over the Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article The mind and the state of Russia’s President and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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