running the gauntlet

English

Alternative forms

  • running the gantlet

Verb

running the gauntlet

  1. present participle and gerund of run the gauntlet

Noun

running the gauntlet (uncountable)

  1. 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

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