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Verb: pick up the gauntlet
  1. Be dared to do something and attempt it
    - take a dare

Derived forms: picking up the gauntlet, picks up the gauntlet, picked up the gauntlet

Type of: assay, attempt, essay, seek, try

Nearest

Piciformes
pick
pick and choose
pick apart
pick at
pick off
pick on
pick out
pick over
pick up
pick up the gauntlet
pick up the tab
pickaback
pickaback plant
pickaninny
pickax
pickaxe
pickelhaube
picker
pickerel
pickerel frog