pass the pikes

present singular third person passes the pikes · participle present passing the pikes · participle past passed the pikes · past passed the pikes · alternative pass through the pikes

1. archaicTo endure a difficult or unpleasant ordeal.

   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,

   1662, Jacques Olivier, translated by Richard Banke, A Discourse of Women, Shewing Their Imperfections Alphabetically, →OCLC, page 9

   Synonyms: run the gauntlet