1. Face a series of difficulties, criticisms, or hostile actions
   "The new policy had to run the gauntlet of public opinion"
    
2. Pass between two rows of people who strike or abuse you, often as a form of punishment or initiation
   "Prisoners were forced to run the gauntlet as punishment"

Derived forms: run the gauntlet, runs the gauntlet, ran the gauntlet, running the gauntlet

Encyclopedia: Run the gauntlet