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- v. present participle of run the gauntlet.
- n. A form of physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass
Examples
“Of those who fled up the Vale of the Salassi and got away to Gaul-across-the-Alps through the Lugdunum Pass, few succeeded in running the gauntlet of the Celts.”
“Darren Westlund and Dee Dee Leichtfuss, for help with the manuscript; the people at the Harmony Pasta Factory and the Pine Tree Inn, for their tolerance and support; Pam Jacobson and Kathe Frahm, for their faith; Mike Molnar, for keeping the machine running; Nick Ellison and Paul Haas, for running the gauntlet for me; and Faye Moore, for mom stuff.”
“I was more of a match for Beelzebub after navigating all the ups and downs that come with a big-time show-biz career, fame and fortune, and running the gauntlet from being hailed as the Next Big Thing at one end of the Tunnel of Love and Hate to being dumped at the other end and told, in so many words, “You’re played out, bitch!””
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Phrases
under the weather, hors de combat, at loggerheads, running the gauntlet, on the same page, on cloud nine, nota bene, castle in the air, carpe diem, space cadet, amour propre
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metaphysical metaphorical places
not corresponding to a specific physical location
at the end of one..., at one's wits end, up the creek, round the bend, on cloud nine, in the doldrums, in cloud-cuckoo land, sold down the river, on a slow boat to..., in a brown study, down the rabbit hole, in a rut and 84 more...
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