THROWN DOWN Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

thrown down

verb

Definition of thrown down next

past participle of throw down

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 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 Frequent collaborators like Popstar Benny and Alexander Spit provide the soundscape, and Sideshow chooses their most peculiar beats—the anxious ones that most resemble audio equipment thrown down a flight of stairs. —

Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2026 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 Austin Butler’s cinema gods had thrown down a tablet, and written on that tablet was an invite to audition for Quentin Tarantino in person. —

Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025

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Jacir said the film was set to begin principal photography a week later, but the project was thrown into uncertainty.

— Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
Graves has thrown his support behind Chris Stigall, a national radio host from northern Missouri.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026