knock chip off one shoulder (verb) throw down the gauntlet: invite to do battle
Detalii: you run the gantlet but throw down the gauntlet
Sinonime: at liberty, autarchic, autonomic, autonomous, democratic, emancipated, enfranchised, freed,
independent, individualistic, liberated, self-directing, self-governing, self-ruling,
separate, sovereign, sui juris, unconstrained, unenslaved, unregimented
Antonime: barred,
bound, enslaved, prevented, suppressed