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run the gauntlope

run the gauntlope 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 gauntlope

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

Questions about run the gauntlope

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

Words near run the gauntlope in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run the gauntlope (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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