Choose the most appropriate alternative meaning to the given idiom/phrase:

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Challenged

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Protested

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Defeated

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Surpassed

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Solution

The correct option is A Challenged
The given phrase means 'declared or issued a challenge'.
Option A is correct. 'Challenged' means 'issued a challenge'. Thus, the option has the exact meaning as the phrase and is the correct answer.
Options B, C and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.
Option B, protested, means 'expressed opposition'.
Option D, surpassed, means 'outdid'.

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