Vocabulary

Form

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for

verb vt
N1 freq #46

Example sentences

The doctors say the dying man would have kicked the bucket hours ago if he were an ordinary man, but he is still defying death.

Betty challenged me to a game of tennis.

Last night it was Yumi who pushed for sex.

The devil challenged God to a baseball game.

She dared to walk the tightrope without a net.

She has waded into one controversy after another.