Italian-English translations for accettare la sfida

• take up the gauntlet
  I therefore believe that the politicians, and I hope that the Commissioner will agree with me on this, must take up the gauntlet and dare take decisions. Credo pertanto che i politici, e mi auguro che al riguardo il Commissario sia d'accordo con me, debbano accettare la sfida e avere il coraggio di prendere decisioni.
  He doesnt read Greek, but he took up the gauntlet and did his best to understand the letter, anyway.

Related words

• accettare
• sfaccettare
• accettare la responsabilità