running the gauntlet
English
Alternative forms
- running the gantlet
Noun
running the gauntlet (uncountable)
- A form of physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass
Translations
physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass
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