Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took up the gauntlet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables
took up the -gaunt-let
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of take up the gauntlet

Questions

What does took up the gauntlet mean?
simple past of take up the gauntlet

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