Usually means: Punishment by passing between lines.
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  2. Running the gauntlet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Running the gauntlet: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (running the gauntlet)

noun:  A form of physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass

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