English-Swedish translations for throw down the gauntlet

• kasta handsken
  Jag vill nu kasta handsken, så att säga, och be Europaparlamentets manliga ledamöter här att fundera på om de någonsin har röstat på en kvinna.I now want to throw down the gauntlet, as it were, and ask the male Members of the European Parliament here to think about whether they have ever voted for a woman.

Definition of throw down the gauntlet

• To issue a challenge

Related words

• throw down
• throwing down
• throw money down the drain