as in thrown
to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally
throw down the gun, and put your hands up
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Recent Examples of thrown down
During a collision, gas clouds could be thrown down toward each galaxy’s center and ultimately fall into decaying orbits around each awaiting black hole, forming huge disks there that would become extremely hot and potentially extremely bright.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 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
Eighteen months on, Tuchel had effectively thrown down a challenge to these same players in his media activity on Monday at Tottenham’s training ground.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Leon Rengel saw some detainees being thrown down stairways, according to the lawsuit.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
One of her earliest memories was of her teenage sister sitting at the kitchen table one morning with a bruised eye and split lip, having been thrown down a flight of stairs by a boyfriend.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Court documents said tacks, blocks and toys were also thrown down the stairs during the video.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
The gauntlet has been decisively thrown down.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 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
Eighteen months on, Tuchel had effectively thrown down a challenge to these same players in his media activity on Monday at Tottenham’s training ground.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Leon Rengel saw some detainees being thrown down stairways, according to the lawsuit.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
One of her earliest memories was of her teenage sister sitting at the kitchen table one morning with a bruised eye and split lip, having been thrown down a flight of stairs by a boyfriend.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Court documents said tacks, blocks and toys were also thrown down the stairs during the video.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
The gauntlet has been decisively thrown down.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrown down
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To accelerate his adaptation, Herbert has thrown less in practice sessions and done plenty of drills without a football — two markers that are simply unlike the seven-season veteran, who is known to sling the rock plenty at practice and in games.—
Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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There are several options during the three days of XBIZ Miami, from a White Party at the Myst club in Miami Beach, to a more exclusive, invitation-only party thrown by Brazzers, to the glitzy XMAs Miami awards gala thrown by XBIZ to honor excellence in the field.—
Gustavo Turner,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Another ten minutes on the train over to the terminal – yes, the terminal our flight dropped us at originally.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
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Tom Kim dropped two shots at the wrong time and shot 72.—
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Verb
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Those tactics have lowered homicide rates in the Central American country but have resulted in reports of human rights abuses.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
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“Thrown down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrown%20down. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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