2
engage(verb, oppose, challenge, face, confront)
2
entice(verb, stop, annoy, excite, approach)
2
face off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, get)
2
face with(verb, expression, meet, oppose, provoke)
2
fight(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
fly in face of(verb, expression, idiom, take, meet)
2
fly in the face of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, support)
2
forget the odds(expression, idiom)
2
gage
2
gage of battle(expression, idiom)
2
gantlet
2
gauntlet
2
go out on limb(expression, idiom, submit, guess, suggest)
2
go up against(expression, idiom, take, meet, oppose)
2
hang in(expression, get, oppose, fight, dispute)
2
have a fling at(expression, idiom, advance, operate)
2
have the cheek(verb, expression, idiom, venture)
2
have the courage(verb, expression, idiom, risk, venture)
2
have the guts(verb, expression, idiom, risk, venture)
2
have the nerve(verb, expression, idiom, risk, venture)
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