To run the gauntlet means going through a difficult situation where you face a series of challenges or attacks.
The phrase comes from an old military punishment in which a person had to pass between two lines of soldiers who struck them as they went by.
The phrase comes from an old military punishment in which a person had to pass between two lines of soldiers who struck them as they went by.
She ran a gauntlet of whispers and stares once the rumor went around at school.