throw down
To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefullyTo cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
» Throw down your gun.
Waffe fallenlassen!
Waffe weg!
Meaning
7 senses(transitive)To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.
(dated, transitive)To destroy or demolish.
to throw down a tower
(idiomatic, slang, transitive)To produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
(broadly, idiomatic, intransitive, slang)To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
(idiomatic, intransitive, slang)To drink a large amount quickly.
"We need to finish these five pitchers in half an hour, so throw down as fast as you can!"
(idiomatic, intransitive, slang)To fight; to make a stand.
(idiomatic, intransitive, slang)To make an individual contribution to a group effort (e.g. money pool, collaborative record album).
"We're goin' in on a pizza; you in?" "Yeah, I'll throw down."
Examples
27 sentencesThrow down your gun.
deWaffe fallenlassen!
Throw down your weapons.
ruБросай своё оружие.
deWerft eure Waffen nieder!
I threw down the newspaper.
ruЯ бросил газету.
deIch habe die Zeitung hingeworfen.
A storm throws down trees.
Буря повалила дерева.
He threw himself down on the ground in pain.
ruОт боли он бросился на землю.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
US, popularized 1970s in street culture, from idiom throw down the gauntlet (“to issue a cUS, popularized 1970s in street culture, from idiom throw down the gauntlet (“to issue a challenge”), used in sense “to fight, to incite a fight, to make a stand” or otherwise get about partying with abandon (first used by Jay Johnson in Detroit in 1978 - taken nationally by Cecil Franklin, manager/brother of Aretha Franklin).
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Forms
throws down, throwing down, threw down, thrown down| Base form | throw down · to throw down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | throws down |
| Present participle | throwing down |
| Past simple | threw down |
| Past participle | thrown down |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- throw upрвати, блюватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
- throw offупустити, упускатиTo confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- throw outвміти, умітиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, out.
- throw inздаватися, кидатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, in.
- throw overздаватися, кидатиTo discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
- throw awayвикинути, викидатиTo discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
- throw asideвідмовлятися, відкидатиSynonym of discard.
- throw onTo hastily put on (clothes).
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb