THROWING DOWN Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

throwing down

verb

present participle of throw down

as in throwing

to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally throw down the gun, and put your hands up

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Recent Examples of throwing down Turns out Danhausen isn’t the only celebrity throwing down jinxes. —

Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026 That’s a player throwing down the gauntlet to everybody else’. —

George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 May 2026 James wasn’t done, taking a pass from Jake LaRavia and throwing down another dunk later in the second quarter that brought the crowd out of its seats. —

Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026 Jaxson Hayes delivered the final body blow, throwing down an Eastbay dunk in transition after stealing the ball from Josh Giddey to put the Lakers up by 14 with just under three minutes remaining. —

Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026 The panel all picked up what the show was throwing down with the rapper clues. —

Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Jan. 2026 Two years ago, Sukeban exploded onto the scene with fighters in latex, corsets and bomber jackets, throwing down with full makeup, wigs and acrylic nail art. —

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 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 Wearing a flowing purple muumuu, Monaleo gets to throwing down a soul food dinner for the whole family. —

Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025

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The bear was completely oblivious to this crowd of people screaming and throwing things at it.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 21 June 2026
There is a real distinction between a city unified by five fine starting players in a game that originally involved throwing a ball into a peach basket and that, however improbably, became the city game, and the bloody display in the nation’s capital.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 June 2026