Usually means: Endure series of challenging trials.
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  1. run the gauntlet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run the gauntlet: Collins English Dictionary
  3. run the gauntlet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. run the gauntlet: Wiktionary
  5. run the gauntlet: Dictionary.com
  6. Run the gauntlet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run the gauntlet: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Run the Gauntlet: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (run the gauntlet)

verb:  (idiomatic) To undergo a series of tests or challenges.

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