Spanish-English translations for recoger el guante

• 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. Por ello creo que los políticos, y espero que el Comisario esté de acuerdo conmigo en esto, deben recoger el guante y atreverse a tomar decisiones.
  He doesnt read Greek, but he took up the gauntlet and did his best to understand the letter, anyway.

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• recoger
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