knocked the chip off one shoulder (verb) throw down the gauntlet: invite to do battle
Detalii: you run the gantlet but throw down the gauntlet
Sinonime: absolute, autarchic, autarchical, autonomous, freewheeling, individualistic, nonaligned, nonpartisan, on one's own, self-contained, self-determining, self-governing, self-reliant, self-ruling, self-sufficient, self-supporting, separate, separated, sovereign, unaided, unallied, unconnected, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unregimented
Antonime: dependent,
subordinate,
subservient