Troop leader seems to throw challenge to Biden during parade review
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Can you expand on this? Is that an unusual gesture in this context? It certainly looks that way. I remember watching live and seeing the scramble to pick up a hat...I thought it was just one but no that's a LOT. I saw someone say "it was windy" but there's literally zero chance "wind" did that.
They say it's like throwing down the gauntlet. I'm not from the West so not familiar with customs. Do you have that in America?
I found another: the phrase "throw your hat into the (boxing) ring" comes from actually throwing down your hat to challenge someone to a bout:
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/throw-your-hat-into-the-ring.html