throw down

verb

1. (intr)

   1. to offer or accept a challenge to fight

   2. to fight

noun

1. a challenge, esp to physical or artistic competition

Example Sentences

In the modern game, which has become overrun by monstrously tall super-athletes who can swish 3-pointers as easily as they throw down dunks, every franchise is searching far and wide for the next big thing.

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We stopped by a wishing well, where a worker handed me a token to throw down to an animated genie who promised to grant my desires.

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Clippers, will throw down for athletes.

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Confronting an authoritarian strongman about his war crimes, Mon Mothma’s address to the Galactic Senate sees the future leader of the Rebel Alliance throw down the gauntlet against Emperor Palpatine.

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Dubois' confidence and power, and his willingness to throw down against a resurgent fighter who has seen it and done it all.

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