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throw down
verb
(
inf=to throw down, throws down, throwing down, threw down, thrown down
)
(
transitive, literal sense
) to cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
The soldiers
threw down
their weapons and surrendered.
(
US, colloquial, idiomatic, transitive
) to produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
2001
, Dave Thompson,
Funk
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=RIEjkWXZdrMC&pg=PT1&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=-vKtjkheVDNMDj3qhCOZzZHCljA
back cover
:...this guide tracks the artists and recordings that the funk!
2004
, Kylie Adams,
Ex-Girlfriends
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=DEr_oSBHFJwC&pg=PA48&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=snIkWrM5UaRzCUzSF7APi6LHiAU
p48
:"Punch up the rhymes.
Throw down
some beats. Show off that body. You'll be unstoppable."
(
US, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive
) to fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.
2002
, Lory Janelle Dance,
Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=maEOFNEaAoUC&pg=PA60&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=jxe_iQ6YwIVrpN6NQKOKVJvOUyg
p60
:Let's you and me
'throw down'
right here, right now!
2004
, William Bowers, "I Think I'm Going to Hell", in
Da Capo Best Music Writing 2004
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=QYHUExudAdoC&pg=PA41&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=wu9KnwjqfwFpMk3Q7AI2Y4ym15c
p41
:When someone near me at a show called the band My Boring Racket, I was ready to , but for the good sense of an accompanying female...
2004
, Bell Hooks,
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=OaaqBUsmUV4C&pg=PA59&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=aVxZyEN4CUtxJo9UltGh3grj0Ys
p59
: Today's young and hip black male who fancies himself a radical, who is ready to for the cause, is not talking about neo-colonialism, about global struggle.
2006
, Erick S. Gray,
Nasty Girls: An Urban Novel
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=fwJJmihM7x4C&pg=PA32&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=tHFOwZxqlUqEsdTl5dydJlpcjlA
p32
:She said no words and was the first to . She stepped up to Dee, and
pow!
2006
, Sherman D. Manning,
Blue-Eyed Blonde
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=5zn82N7XmnsC&pg=PA345&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=mcZ5kw3gLljkh1tp0PqKbrXDdVY
p345
:The time has come. I'm ready to
take action
. I wanna kick ass and take names later. I wanna , baby boy and baby girl.
(
US, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive
) (by extension) to accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
1997
, Richard C. Green,
Soul: Black Power, Politics, and Pleasure
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=LVb8Z6KBaZoC&pg=PA93&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=isx2A-3jGJTapzadmIhkuEnfbaU
p93
: Yeah, they could literally . When their sound came out, it was earth-shaking.
1998
, Sheila Copeland,
Chocolate Star
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=EC78t0ErfwQC&pg=PA260&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=tygdSqIhDlHWyRIaR4iU9iUpRPg
p260
:"You're performing for the who's who of radio and records at the Soul Train Awards tonight and you've got to ".
2005
, J. Anthony White,
The Class Conscious Crew: S.W.A.
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=zoF6rSt0Lw8C&pg=PT9&dq=%22throw+down%22&sig=DQjaPvN7ajxws33EU4q19qife0E
p?
:...she wouldn't mind marrying a man with some serious bank and able to sho-nuf
throw-down
in the bedroom!
(
US, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive
) to make an individual contribution to a group effort (eg. money pool, collaborative record album)
''"We're goin' in on a pizza; you in?" "Yea, I'll ."
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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