throw down

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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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downthrow
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throw-down
To cast down
To throw down

Then the cocoa-nuts would be ripe for picking, and her cousins (like all the natives, Ata had a host of relatives) would swarm up the trees and throw down the big ripe nuts.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

One day his master came in and said, "Alfred, the stable smells rather strong; should not you give that stall a good scrub and throw down plenty of water?

Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context

Draw your sword and knight me, then I will throw down my gauntlet, to everyone who dares to speak disrespectfully of my king.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

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