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? throw down

vt sep

(from a roof, the stairs etc) → herunterwerfen; throw down your guns! → werfen Sie die Waffen weg!; to throw oneself down on the floor → sich zu Boden werfen, sich auf den Boden fallen lassen; to throw oneself down on the sofa → sich aufs Sofa fallen lassen; it’s throwing it down (inf: = raining) → es gießt (in Strömen)

(fig) to throw down a challenge to somebody → jdn herausfordern

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