Throw down the gauntlet

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Throw down the gauntlet

Throw down the gauntlet

By metaphor: to present a challenge before another.

(Modern Hebrew. See also "he lifted the gauntlet")

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הִשְׁלִיךְ אֶת הַכְּפָפָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִצִּיב אֶתְגָּר בִּפְנֵי הַזּוּלָת.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה. רְאֵה גַּם "הֵרִים אֶת הַכְּפָפָה")

Keyword

see metaphor gauntlet challenge throw

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