run the gauntlet
Definition
› to have to deal with a lot of people who are criticizing or attacking you: Every day they had to run the gauntlet of hostile journalists on their way to school.Experiencing and suffering
(Definition of run the gauntlet from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run sth off phrasal verb
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run sth up phrasal verb (DEBT)
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run sth up phrasal verb (FLAG)
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run sth up phrasal verb (MATERIAL)
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run sth up phrasal verb (VALUE)
- run the gauntlet idiom
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run the risk of doing sth idiom
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run the show idiom
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run through sb's mind/head idiom
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run through sth phrasal verb (EXAMINE)
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run through sth phrasal verb (EXIST)
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Synonyms and related words:
- afflict verb
- affliction noun
- almost/nearly die of sth idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- be at/on the receiving end idiom
- cursed adjective (HAVING BAD LUCK)
- depth noun (STRENGTH)
- eaten up with/by sth idiom
- experience verb
- exposure noun (EXPERIENCE)
- fall prey/victim to sth/sb idiom
- firsthand adverb
- nurse verb (FEEL EMOTION)
- practical adjective (EXPERIENCE)
- stricken adjective
- survive verb
- survivor noun
- take/have a knock idiom
- temporal adjective
- victim noun
Topic:
Experiencing and suffering
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