running the gauntlet

English

Alternative forms

• running the gantlet

Verb

running the gauntlet

1. present participle and gerund of run the gauntlet

Noun

running the gauntlet (uncountable)

1. 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

• Dutch: spitsroeden lopen n,
• Finnish: kujanjuoksu (fi)
• German: Spießrutenlaufen (de) n, Spießrutenlauf (de) m
• Swedish: gatlopp (sv) n

See also

• run the gamut