ALL meanings of run the gauntlet
run the gaunt·let
R r - noun run the gauntlet a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed. 2
- noun run the gauntlet the two rows of men administering this punishment. 1
- noun run the gauntlet an attack from two or all sides. 1
- noun run the gauntlet trying conditions; an ordeal. 1
- noun run the gauntlet gantlet1 (def 1). 1
- verb with object run the gauntlet gantlet1 (def 3). 1
- idioms run the gauntlet run the gauntlet, to suffer severe criticism or tribulation. 1
- noun run the gauntlet to suffer this punishment 0
- noun run the gauntlet to endure an onslaught or ordeal, as of criticism 0