throw down Meaning & Definition
What Does Throw Down Mean?
Throw Down is a verb that means To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully. It is also used to mean To destroy or demolish.
Throw Down Definition (Verb)
- To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.
- To destroy or demolish.
to throw down a tower
- To produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
- To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
- 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!"
- To fight; to make a stand.
- 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."
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Verb
- To fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.
- (by extension) to accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
- To drink a large amount of beer quickly.
"We need to finish these five pitchers in half an hour, so throw down as fast as you can!"
Synonyms of Throw Down
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Throw down synonyms and antonyms →Throw Down in a Sentence
The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.
to throw down a tower
"We need to finish these five pitchers in half an hour, so throw down as fast as you can!"
"We're goin' in on a pizza; you in?" "Yeah, I'll throw down."
Word Forms & Grammar
throw down (third-person singular simple present throws down, present participle throwing down, simple past threw down, past participle thrown down)
Origin of Throw Down
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Origin 2: US, 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).
Origin 3: Sense of “accomplish something respectable” evolved from sense “to make a stand, to exhibit, to demonstrate (in a challenging way)” inherent in the fighting sense.
Origin 4: Sense of “to make a contribution” likely influenced by sense “to make a stand”, as in “are you in?”, “will you stand up and contribute?”