pick up the gauntlet

Questions about pick up the gauntlet

What is another word for pick up the gauntlet?

It depends which pick up the gauntlet you mean. In the sense “be dared to do something and attempt it”, the synonyms are take a dare. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of pick up the gauntlet?

WordNet records no antonym for pick up the gauntlet. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for pick up the gauntlet come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of pick up the gauntlet

• Full entry for pick up the gauntletAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for pick up the gauntletWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.