Synonyms for Throw down the gauntlet:

• v.

  •challenge (verb)
  • flew in face of,
  • hanged in,
  • ex acting,
  • re-claims,
  • re-quires,
  • re quires,
  • flies face of,
  • insisting up on,
  • searches out,
  • calling out,
  • faced down,
  • in quired,
  • hangs in,
  • makes a stand,
  • flew in the face of,
  • makes point of,
  • ex-acted,
  • stands up to,
  • asking for,
  • face music,
  • re quire,
  • ex acts,
  • invites competition,
  • makes stand,
  • re-claimed,
  • stood to,
  • re quired,
  • flies in face of,
  • made a point of,
  • in-quired,
  • insist up on,
  • ex-act,
  • faced off,
  • flying in face of,
  • objects to,
  • re claims,
  • in quire,
  • ex acted,
  • re-quire,
  • flying in the face of,
  • re claimed,
  • re claiming,
  • flies the face of,
  • makes a point of,
  • objected to,
  • flew face of,
  • ex-acting,
  • insisted up on,
  • ex-acts,
  • make point of,
  • re-quired,
  • standing up to,
  • in quiring,
  • insisting upon,
  • sticked it out,
  • sticking it out,
  • re claim,
  • making a stand,
  • insisted upon,
  • made stand,
  • facing down,
  • made point of,
  • hung in,
  • stuck it out,
  • in-quire,
  • making point of,
  • stands to,
  • ex act,
  • flies in the face of,
  • making stand,
  • asks for,
  • making a point of,
  • flew the face of,
  • sticks it out,
  • inviting competition,
  • faces off,
  • fly face of,
  • flying face of,
  • facing off,
  • in-quires,
  • flying the face of,
  • in-quiring,
  • insists upon,
  • objecting to,
  • make stand,
  • made a stand,
  • in quires,
  • fly the face of,
  • faces down,
  • re-quiring,
  • invited competition,
  • re-claiming,
  • re quiring,
  • insists up on.
  •invite to do battle (verb)
  • confront,
  • ask for trouble,
  • defy,
  • do something about it,
  • meet face to face,
  • invite to debate,
  • contest,
  • start something,
  • dare,
  • provoke,
  • knock the chip off one's shoulder,
  • cross swards.
  •take on (verb)
  • goes eyeball to eyeball with,
  • went on with,
  • goes one on one with,
  • went eyeball to eyeball with,
  • going one on one with,
  • goes on with,
  • go one on with,
  • goes against,
  • went eyeball eyeball with,
  • goes one with,
  • went one on one with,
  • going one one with,
  • goes toe to toe with,
  • go one with,
  • go eyeball eyeball with,
  • goes one on with,
  • went one one with,
  • go one one with,
  • going up against,
  • going one on with,
  • goes toe toe with,
  • went against,
  • going eyeball eyeball with,
  • went on one with,
  • goes up against,
  • going eyeball to eyeball with,
  • going against,
  • going toe toe with,
  • go on one with,
  • went toe toe with,
  • went one on with,
  • going toe to toe with,
  • goes eyeball eyeball with,
  • went toe to toe with,
  • went up against,
  • goes one one with,
  • going on one with,
  • going one with,
  • going on with,
  • went one with,
  • go toe toe with,
  • goes on one with.

• Other synonyms:

  •take on
  • go eyeball to eyeball with,
  • go one on one with,
  • go against,
  • go toe to toe with,
  • go up against,
  • go with,
  • go on with.
  •Other relevant words:
  • stamp.