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Throws Down The Gauntlet Crossword Clue

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verb

• resist or confront with resistance

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• challenge

53%12Throws down the gauntlet again
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30%5 Threw down the gauntlet
noun

• a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

verb

• take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission

• to be courageous enough to try or do something

• challenge

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