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Run the gauntlet


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Run the gauntlet - When you have to deal with many people, who are agitated with you, or are criticizing you, it means to run a gauntlet.



Sample Usage

1. I had to run the gauntlet at my home, when I told them that I had got late that morning.
2. Why don't you try to understand, just don't run the gauntlet, ignore the media?
3. I am fed up with running the gauntlet whenever I lose a match.


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