take up the glove

Verb

Meaning

take up the glove (third-person singular simple present takes up the glove, present participle taking up the glove, simple past took up the glove, past participle taken up the glove)

To accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

take up the cudgels for take up the gantlet take up the gauntlet take up the hatchet take up the mantle take up the post