pass the pikes
English
Alternative forms
- pass through the pikes
Verb
pass the pikes (third-person singular simple present passes the pikes, present participle passing the pikes, simple past and past participle passed the pikes)
- (archaic) To endure a difficult or unpleasant ordeal.
- 1662, Jacques Olivier, Richard Banke, transl., A Discourse of Women, Shewing Their Imperfections Alphabetically, OCLC 14507264, page 9:
- This I shall leave to the judgement of those, who have passed the Pikes, and know better then my self to speak the truth of it,
Synonyms
- run the gauntlet