throw down
Britishverb
noun
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Yes, she can throw down in a dissent, but she’s very careful in her speeches.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Wembanyama was a French wunderkind who could pass and shoot like a point guard, throw down dunks like a center—and happened to stand 7 feet, 4 inches tall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"It is the rubbish that we throw down that has brought the gulls to the city," said Oliver Carpenter, the man behind the project.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
When I drift away from the fire to find a place to throw down my sleeping bag, the first faint smear of dawn is already bleaching the rim of the northeastern sky.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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