throw down
Example Sentences
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"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
“Been waiting so long to announce this: Me and Gina Carano are gonna throw down in the biggest super fight in women’s combat sport history!”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 16, 2025
They throw down a moral gauntlet to viewers, who must put themselves in his shoes.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024
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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