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run the gantlope

run the gantlope is the alternative form of run the gauntlet.

Meaning of run the gauntlet

Verb

run the gauntlet (third-person singular simple present runs the gauntlet, present participle running the gauntlet, simple past ran the gauntlet, past participle run the gauntlet)

  1. (idiomatic) To undergo a series of tests or challenges.
    • Run the gauntlet north and south
      March on up to the cannon's mouth
      And say I can do any goddamn thing I want1985, J. G. Thirlwell, “Anything (Viva!)”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
    Synonyms:
    pass the pikes

Forms of run the gantlope

third-person singular presentruns the gantlope
present participlerunning the gantlope
pastran the gantlope
past participlerun the gantlope

Questions about run the gantlope

What is run the gantlope the alternative form of?
Run the gantlope is the alternative form of run the gauntlet.

Words near run the gantlope in the dictionary

  1. run something up the flagpole
  2. run tee
  3. run tees
  4. run the clock down
  5. run the gamut
  6. run the gantlope
  7. run the gauntlet
  8. run the gauntlope
  9. run the guard
  10. run the risk
  11. run the rule over

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run the gantlope (page history and authors); run the gauntlet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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