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verb (inf=to throw down, throws down, throwing down, threw down, thrown down)
  1. (transitive, literal sense) to cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.
  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) to produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
Etymology: "Fighting and incitement" sense evolved from the older idiom throw down the gauntlet. Sense of "accomplish something respectable" likely evolved further in street culture from a sense of "to make a stand" inherent in the fighting sense.


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