Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
gauntlet
English answer:
arduous procedure
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English term
gauntlet
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gauntlet
- For example, a person ran the gauntlet on what they call Sand Hill Road, to get venture capital funding.
- When I talk to many women, who've run the gauntlet of the venture capital community,to try and raise funds for a business idea
that they have.
What "gauntlet" stands for in this context?
No more context.
Thanks in advance,
- When I talk to many women, who've run the gauntlet of the venture capital community,to try and raise funds for a business idea
that they have.
What "gauntlet" stands for in this context?
No more context.
Thanks in advance,
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David Hollywood
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arduous procedure
in your context
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they have gone through the arduous procedure
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we all know what "run the gauntlet" means so adapting it to your context
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basically it means they have gone through all the tough challenges involved
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Gantlet was the original spelling of gauntlet, meaning a form of punishment in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines and beat a person forced to run between them.
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so figurative in your context of course
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they have braved it out and gone through what it takes
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anyway you have the final decision so...
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they have gone through the arduous procedure
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Note added at 13 mins (2019-05-11 01:50:09 GMT)
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we all know what "run the gauntlet" means so adapting it to your context
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Note added at 46 mins (2019-05-11 02:23:24 GMT)
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basically it means they have gone through all the tough challenges involved
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Note added at 48 mins (2019-05-11 02:24:57 GMT)
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Gantlet was the original spelling of gauntlet, meaning a form of punishment in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines and beat a person forced to run between them.
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Note added at 49 mins (2019-05-11 02:26:10 GMT)
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so figurative in your context of course
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Note added at 1 hr (2019-05-11 03:15:53 GMT)
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they have braved it out and gone through what it takes
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Note added at 1 hr (2019-05-11 03:16:59 GMT)
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anyway you have the final decision so...
Peer comment(s):
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Darius Saczuk
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thanks Dariusz
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Charlotte Fleming
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thanks Charlotte
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Tony M
: It is arguable if the EN expression is really an appropriate choici in these examples — 'running the gauntlet' usually means 'dodging projectiles etc.', and to me feels slightly less apt in this particular foiguratve usage
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thanks Tony
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Philip Yaeger
: There are two levels: acquiring venture capital is difficult by itself, but from the context it's clear that they had an even more difficult time as women. This is what Daryo meant, I think.
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thanks Philip
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Daryo
: I think that they are talking of those who didn't get any financing
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hmmm I still think it's ok
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Björn Vrooman
: Interestingly enough, the AmE definitions don't really match the BrE ones, which say being criticized/attacked repeatedly: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/run the gauntlet Maybe better: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/jump through hoops
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boils down to the same thing IMO and thanks Björn
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Ronald Cryer
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"left no stone unturned"
I'd say that it can mean "trying all avenues" to achieve certain results
Example sentence:
We left no stone upturned to get venture capital funding.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: That's not at all what "run the gauntlet" usually means.
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Philip Yaeger
: Tony is correct; running the gauntlet means to go through a series of difficulties. Also, it's "to leave no stone UNturned, not upturned.
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Daryo
: even with a truckload of "poetic licence" - NO
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accept the challenge - endure the risky ardous procedure
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English term (edited):
who've run the gauntlet of the venture capital community
who have been exposed to the "bashing" by venture capital community
obviously not any kind of literal "bashing", but verbal/moral "bashing" in the sense of not being taken seriously, being ignored, ridiculed etc..
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"... to try and raise funds for a business idea that they have."
that sounds to me like that they were rejected, couldn't get the financing.
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"gauntlet" reflects this idea that one venture capitalist after the other were inflicting them "blows" in form of repeated rejections - that they were giving them "collective punishment" for daring to ask for financing.
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If it was about how difficult it is to get financing from venture capitalists, they would be talking of "obstacle course".
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"... to try and raise funds for a business idea that they have."
that sounds to me like that they were rejected, couldn't get the financing.
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Note added at 9 hrs (2019-05-11 10:49:21 GMT)
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"gauntlet" reflects this idea that one venture capitalist after the other were inflicting them "blows" in form of repeated rejections - that they were giving them "collective punishment" for daring to ask for financing.
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Note added at 9 hrs (2019-05-11 10:56:45 GMT)
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If it was about how difficult it is to get financing from venture capitalists, they would be talking of "obstacle course".
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