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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Even more hilariously, 54 percent of Democrats went as far as presuming that even an 8-year-old boy could throw down his lunchbox and get the job done.
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
That’s a player throwing down the gauntlet to everybody else’.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 May 2026
The whole thing seemed to go south rapidly, with a 6 AM deadline thrown down as a marker.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026
London — Keir Starmer has thrown down the gauntlet to his potential rivals, defying calls to quit as Britain’s prime minister and instead challenging his would-be opponents to launch a formal challenge against his leadership of the Labour Party.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
That’s a player throwing down the gauntlet to everybody else’.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 May 2026
The whole thing seemed to go south rapidly, with a 6 AM deadline thrown down as a marker.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026
London — Keir Starmer has thrown down the gauntlet to his potential rivals, defying calls to quit as Britain’s prime minister and instead challenging his would-be opponents to launch a formal challenge against his leadership of the Labour Party.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
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“Throw down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throw%20down. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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