throw down
verb
threw down; thrown down; throwing down; throws down
Examples of throw down in a Sentence
throw down the gun, and put your hands up
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Since Arnold Schwarzenegger threw down with an intergalactic alien super-hunter in the jungle back in 1987, the franchise has churned out a sci-fi action flick every so often to keep the Predators alive and kicking in pop culture.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
The 22-year-old scored a career-high 21 points while shooting 8-for-12, hitting three 3-pointers and throwing down four acrobatic dunks — including a pair of transition lobs from Brown and Derrick White, and a third-quarter posterization of Marvin Bagley III.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Monk knocked down a 3-pointer, dished to Sabonis for a dunk and threw down a dunk of his own as the Kings came back to cut the deficit to three at the end of the first quarter.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
The 22-year-old scored a career-high 21 points while shooting 8-for-12, hitting three 3-pointers and throwing down four acrobatic dunks — including a pair of transition lobs from Brown and Derrick White, and a third-quarter posterization of Marvin Bagley III.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Monk knocked down a 3-pointer, dished to Sabonis for a dunk and threw down a dunk of his own as the Kings came back to cut the deficit to three at the end of the first quarter.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Throw down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throw%20down. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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