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Throw down
To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
📖 Definitions of "Throw down"
verb
- 1
To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
"The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered."
- 2
To destroy or demolish.
"to throw down a tower"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Throw down"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| haul downverb | (transitive) To violently cause to fall to the ground. |
| dropnoun | (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. |
| toss downverb | To cause something held to fall to the ground |
| downverb | (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. |
| bring downverb | (transitive) To make (a ruler or government) lose their position of power. |
| pull downverb | (transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes). |
| throwverb | (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air. |
| shake downverb | (transitive) To shake someone so money falls from their pockets. |
| castnoun | An act of throwing. |
| shoot downverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To criticize (a request) to the point of preclusion. |
| downcast | Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty. |
| smash downverb | (transitive) To cause to fall down and break by hitting it hard. |
| dumpnoun | A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. |
| push downverb | (transitive, intransitive) To force downwards (literally or figuratively). |
| knock downverb | To hit or collide with |
| put downverb | (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean. |
| let downverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody. |
| deposeverb | (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them). |
| hew downverb | To violently cause to fall down |
| fallnoun | The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity. |
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