throw down the gauntlet
B2CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
NeutralRegister
To issue a bold challenge or invitation to compete, argue or fight.
The startup threw down the gauntlet by undercutting the market leader's prices by half.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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