| 单词 | to throw down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw down to throw down 1. transitive. a. To cast or hurl (someone or something) down, esp. to the ground. Also: to cause to be brought low. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low layc888 afelleOE to throw downa1250 groundc1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 stoopc1275 evena1382 abatec1390 to bring downa1400 falla1400 welt?a1400 throwa1450 tumble1487 succumb1490 strewa1500 vaila1592 flat1607 level1614 floor1642 to fetch down1705 drop1726 supplant1751 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > cast down warpc1175 acastc1225 to throw downa1250 foldc1275 casta1300 throwc1330 waltc1400 shootc1480 to cast down1530 to fling down1587 stern1599 deject1627 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > throw down to throw adownc1275 downcastc1390 dejectc1420 cast1481 to cast down1535 terre1586 to throw down1714 a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 16 Wela-wey! deth þe sal þrowen dun [c1275 Calig. adun þrowe] þar þu wenest heye ste. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 349 A grym strook of liȝtnynge smoot þe cherche tour..and þrew [c1400 Tiber. þruw doun] þe crucifex.., and þrew doun oure Lady ymage. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 177 (MED) Than schuld Crist Crucified be broute before him..Than schould thei throw down the crosse and trede it undir fote. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 19 (MED) The wedis and the grasse that stodyn al euyn vp-ryght, thay lay al y-throw dovne and cast to ground. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xlviii. 148 Let him place his copanions [sic] on the toppes of the Rockes, that they may throw downe stones. 1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil Eclogues viii. 78/3 I will be throwne downe headlong into the waues. 1687 A. Behn Amours Philander & Silvia 111 She threw down a Handkerchief again, which he took up. 1714 Spectator No. 558. ⁋4 Another after a great deal of puffing, threw down his Luggage. 1756 Universal Mag. Sept. 103/1 When an ant..chances to walk over the edges of his pit, his steps throw down a little of the sand. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage I. iii. 28 ‘See,’ continued he, throwing a few shillings down on the table. 1865 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 216 In rising to receive him, she threw down her basket of crewels. 1920 A. E. H. Anson About Others & Myself xv. 340 A cocoanut monkey..is trained to ascend a cocoanut tree..to throw down a cocoanut. 1964 Washington Post 5 Nov. a28/2 Scrambling up coconut trees and throwing down the fruit. 2011 A. Roiphe Art & Madness 214 She throws down her cigarette and stamps on it. b. (a) To cast down, cease to use (something), as a symbolic gesture of rejection, renunciation, submission, etc. Often figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > discard from use to cast asidea1420 to throw aside1532 to put, set or lay by1535 to throw down1548 to throw by1582 to cast by1599 supersede1642 slab1835 to put aside1872 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. iiv The kyng demaunded of them if thei would agre betwene themselfes, whiche thei both denied and threw doune their gages. 1574 B. Rich Right Exelent Dialogue Mercury & Eng. Souldier sig. D.vv Tigranes king of Armenia being taken by Pompei throwing downe his Crowne & kneling at his feete, was taken vp by that noble Captaine. ?1650 T. Jordan Claraphil & Clarinda sig. D7 Throw down the Glass, He's an Ass That extracts all his worth from Canary. 1690 N. Tate Pastoral Dialogue 13 Heathen Princes, tir'd, threw down the Rod. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 49. ⁋2 Mr. Beaver has thrown down his Pipe. 1832 B. Disraeli Contarini Fleming I. i. i. 6 I throw down the volume in disgust. 1924 Boys' Life Mar. 60/2 Throw down your tools, boys,..we're on strike. 2008 C. Seymour-Jones Dangerous Liaison i. iv. 29 He had thrown down his pen, and was suffering ‘the torments of unrequited love’. (b) to throw down one's arms (also weapons, etc.): to stop fighting; to surrender. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender to cry (or say) creanta1250 to yield oneself creanta1250 to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1325 yieldc1330 recray1340 summisec1450 render1523 amain1540 surrender1560 to throw down one's arms (also weapons, etc.)1593 articulate1595 to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595 to give grass1597 capitulate1601 to cry cravena1634 to lower or strike one's flag1644 bail1840 hands-up1879 kamerad1914 1593 M. Sutcliffe Pract., Proc., & Lawes of Armes xxi. 323 Appius Claudius did behead those soldiers, that throwing downe their armes fledde from the enemie. 1642 Kings Maiesties Demands & Propositions to Lords of Staffs. 5 They humbly desired his Maiestie to throw down his Armes. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 58 Most of them threw down their Arms. 1836 New-Yorker 6 Aug. 313/1 The savages have thrown down their weapons, desisted from the hopeless struggle, and abandoned all hope. 1849 Spirit of Age 25 Aug. 126/1 We do not throw down our arms. We will fight the armies of the allied tyrants of Europe. 1961 Spectator 29 Sept. 414/1 Without the smallest attempt at making a fight of it he threw down his arms.., pretending that the amendment meant something that it clearly did not mean. 1961 Irish Times 20 Oct. 6/6 Attempts to persuade the men to throw down their guns had failed. 2009 N.Y. Times 7 May a6/4 The insurgents are throwing down their arms and..were joining Iraqi security forces. (c) to throw down one's brief: (of a barrister) to decline to continue with a case. Cf. to throw up one's brief at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > practice law [verb (intransitive)] > practise at the bar > decline to go on with a case to throw up one's brief1731 to throw down one's brief1782 1782 Whitehall Evening-post 16–18 Apr. Had matters appeared to him with that complexion they now seemed to wear in their Lordships opinion, he would have thrown down his brief. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 523 Williams threw down his brief. 1934 N.Y. Times 7 Jan. e3/5 He was censured and fined..for throwing down a brief and withdrawing because of a disagreement with the court. 2001 J. Bondeson London Monster vii. 87 The day before the trial,..this gentleman threw down his brief and left, for undisclosed reasons. c. to throw down the gauntlet: see gauntlet n.1 1c. to throw down the glove: see glove n. 1d. 2. transitive. To knock down, demolish, or topple (a building or other structure). Also figurative: to overthrow or destroy (something). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin spillc950 fellOE to cast downc1230 destroy1297 to turn up?c1335 to throw down1340 to ding downc1380 to break downa1382 subverta1382 underturn1382 to take downc1384 falla1400 to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400 voida1400 brittenc1400 to burst downc1440 to pull downc1450 pluck1481 tumble1487 wreck1510 defacea1513 confound1523 raze1523 arase1530 to beat downc1540 ruinate1548 demolish1560 plane1562 to shovel down1563 race?1567 ruin1585 rape1597 unwall1598 to bluster down16.. raise1603 level1614 debolish1615 unbuilda1616 to make smooth work of1616 slight1640 to knock down1776 squabash1822 collapse1883 to turn over1897 mash1924 rubble1945 to take apart1978 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset > overthrow in ruins or to destruction to-warpc888 overwarpeOE to cast downc1230 to throw down1340 everse?a1425 thringc1480 tumble1487 evert1533 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 23 Þe grete wynd þet þrauþ doun þe greate tours. 1431 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1431 §16. m. 8 Þe saide prison, because þat hit was feble, overlitel, and so contagious of eyre..was throwen doune. 1528 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 19 That the sayd J.M. shuld throwe downe and avoyde the sayde enclosures from the sayd comon grownde. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 756/2 I throwe downe to the grounde, or distroye a thynge. a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 342 The ruines of a very stately Temple or Theater..throwne downe by an Earth-quake. 1713 J. Addison Cato ii. 28 Must one rash word..Throw down the merit of my better years? 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. vii. 40 The admiration raised..is often..thrown down. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece III. xix. 101 The Athenians..ordered the Potidæans to throw down the walls of their town on the side of the Peninsula of Pallene. 1931 Washington Post 1 Apr. 6/2 Dynamite was used to throw down buildings in the hope of checking the fire. 1995 Times of India 23 Apr. (Review section) 2/1 Bombay..threw down its fort walls and erected others to fashion the civic buildings and precincts. 3. transitive. To overthrow; to bring down in rank or station; to degrade, humiliate; to deject. Now archaic and rare. [In early use after classical Latin dēiicere to cast down, overthrow (see deject v.). With quot. 1996 compare awarp v.] In quot. 1567: to destroy the effect of, bring to nought.In quot. 1729 intransitive with object implied. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] drearya1300 discomfortc1325 batec1380 to cast downa1382 to throw downa1382 dullc1386 faintc1386 discomfita1425 discourage1436 sinkc1440 mischeera1450 discheerc1454 amatea1500 bedowa1522 damp1548 quail1548 dash1550 exanimate1552 afflict1561 dank1565 disanimate1565 sadden1565 languish1566 deject1581 dumpc1585 unheart1593 mope1596 chill1597 sour1600 disgallant1601 disheart1603 dishearten1606 fainten1620 depress1624 sullen1628 tristitiate1628 disliven1631 dampen1633 weigh1640 out-spirit1643 dispirit1647 flat1649 funeralize1654 hearta1658 disencourage1659 attrist1680 flatten1683 dismalizec1735 blue-devil1812 out-heart1845 downweigh1851 to get down1861 frigidize1868 languor1891 downcast1914 neg1987 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Kings xxii. 48 God..ȝifest vengeancis to me: & þrewe doun [L. deiicis] puplis vndir me. a1475 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Cambr. Gg.1.16) (1997) iii. xxi. 90 I am sone þrowen downe with lytel aduersite. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 144 (MED) Purpose as wel as þou canst in þin herte þat, if þei [sc. tribulations] touche þe..þei þrowe þe not doun, ner longe encombre þe. 1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 53 God wil haue the pride of man doune thrawin. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 725 Lifting up and throwing downe Princes at her pleasure. 1729 G. Adams tr. Sophocles Antigone v. i, in tr. Sophocles Trag. II. 65 Fortune raises up, and throws down, makes one fortunate, and another miserable. 1852 Liberator (Boston) 31 Dec. 209/3 The King of kings, who..will throw down the proudest monarchs, overturn the mightiest governments. 1996 M. J. Swanton tr. Anglo-Saxon Chron. (1998) 68 They had thrown down [OE aworpenne] their king Osberht and accepted Ælla. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Hh6 After her songe with an affected modestie, shee threwe downe her eye. 1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iv. 390 No sooner raised she her eyes, nor threw he down his. 1769 Hist. Jack Wilks II. 81 Blushing, throwing her eyes down, and striving to disengage herself from him. 1839 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 27 July You throw your gaze down nearer, and there at the left, is most of the city. 1904 Horlick's Mag. 1 237/1 ‘Sir,’ he began, coughing and throwing his eyes down nervously. 5. transitive. Agriculture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > other systems of ploughing hent?a1605 to throw down1620 size1707 bout1733 to turn off1754 back-furrow1855 1620 G. Markham Farwell to Husbandry ii. 10 If the ground lye free from water..you shall then throw down your furrowes flat. 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 49 We have good Husbands, who..throw downe all Mole and Ant-hills. 1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. xviii. 331 The bean stubble..was ploughed directly after harvest, throwing down the lands. 1835 Farmers' Reg. Dec. 478/2 At weeding, the beds were thrown down by a dagon plough. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. xxvi. 478 The mode of ploughing exactly opposite to twice-gathering-up is that of cleaving or throwing down land. 1868 Southern Planter Oct. 616 If possible, use the plough in cultivating. First throw down the beds, and weed with a hoe. b. To convert (arable land) into pasture; to lay down to grass. Cf. to lay down 13 at lay v.1 Phrasal verbs. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > crop with grass or hay turfc1430 sod1652 hay1708 meadow1768 to throw down1778 verd1778 grass1795 returf1824 stock1828 1778 Ess. Divided Commons i. 31 Many bare parts of commons..having been entirely exhausted when under tillage, and in that condition thrown down to grass. 1835 Metrop. Mag. Apr. 343 Every acre..thrown down into pasture..takes away from the wealth of the state and the employment of the poor. 1891 ‘S. C. Scrivener’ Our Fields & Cities xv. 143 This rotation..is capable of being applied..to almost any land, including that ‘thrown down’ to grass. 1932 Spectator 30 Jan. 146/1 Mechanical cultivation..enabling second and third class land to be kept in arable at times when it would otherwise be thrown down to grass. 6. transitive. To deposit (a substance) in solid form from solution; to precipitate. Cf. sense 31. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > undergo or subject to precipitation to throw down1677 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire ii. 32 Salts..meeting perchance with an ambient Air, much colder and chilling than any under ground, in all likelyhood are precipitated, and thrown down on such subjects, as they casually find at the place of their exit. 1746 W. Lewis Course Pract. Chem. i. iii. 34 This preparation dropt into a solution of gold diluted with a large quantity of pure water, throws down a precipitate of a purple colour. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 120 Earths, and oxides, are usually thrown down from their solutions in union with water. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 188 Alcohol throws it down from its aqueous solution. 1864 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 25 ii. 566 Water that contains much lime on boiling throws down a white deposit. 1928 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 43 553 A white precipitate is thrown down containing practically all the protective substance present in the original serum. 2009 European Jrnl. Inorg. Chem. 28 4234/2 Thus, complexes 1-12 to 1-15 were found to throw down a colourless deposit on standing in water, which we attribute to the dissociation of the free ligand. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > cause or allow to fall to throw down1787 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 31 Take care never to throw your horse down, it is an unlucky trick. 1829 Sporting Mag. Sept. 297/2 Running against my mare, and so nearly throwing her down at Dobberan, was a wilful act of foul riding. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. iii. 24 I suppose he was not a very good whip, and so he threw down one of my best horses, and broke his knees! 1923 Irish Times 13 July 5/6 The jockey pressed against another horse while rounding a corner at Kempton, threw the horse down, and broke its leg. 8. transitive. Cricket. Of a fielder: to knock down (the stumps) or break (the wicket) with a throw, in order to run a batter out. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)] > knock down wicket to put down1727 rip1831 to throw down1833 take1836 rattle1840 spreadeagle1868 to break the wicket1875 1833 Bell's Life in London 8 Sept. Throwing down a wicket after fielding a ball hit to the leg. 1860 Baily's Monthly Mag. Sept. 429 John Lillywhite..from long leg wondrously threw down the wicket, and Mr. Davidson was thus run out. 1912 P. F. Warner Eng. v. Austral. v. 44 Hobbs throwing down Kortlang's wicket from cover-point. 1962 E. W. Swanton in H. S. Altham & E. W. Swanton Hist. Cricket (new ed.) II. xii. 244 All seemed over when Solomon from 25 yards range and square with the wicket on the leg-side threw down the stumps to run out Davidson. 2002 Guardian 17 Aug. (Sport section) 16/6 James Anderson threw down the stumps with a brilliant direct hit. 9. a. transitive. U.S. slang. With on (also upon). To point (a gun) at another person, esp. after lowering it into a firing position. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1872 Condition Affairs in Southern States: Alabama (Rep. Comm. House of Representatives 2nd Sess., 42nd Congr.) 28 Turning a little to one side to avoid me, he threw his pistol down upon Hays and Mr. Brown..and tried to shoot them. 1893 Southwestern Reporter 22 839/1 We were standing still when he drew his pistol and threw it down on me. 1902 Pacific Reporter 66 347/2 What did you think, as to whether your life was in danger, at the time you..saw the Winchester thrown down on you? 1922 F. R. Bechdolt When West was Young 116 Always packed a double-barrel shotgun and he'd usually managed to throw it down on a fellow while he tried the case and named the fine. 1967 O. L. Sims Gun-toters I have Known 57 Whereupon a big gun was thrown down on my man, who promptly dodged to one side, leaving me looking straight down the barrel. b. intransitive. U.S. slang. To point a gun at another person, esp. after lowering it into a firing position. Chiefly with on. ΚΠ 1885 C. A. Siringo Texas Cow Boy v. 55 Mr. one-leg threw down on me with my own ‘shooter’ and ordered me to throw up my hands. 1897 C. F. Lummis King of Broncos 241 He carried it [sc. a shotgun] on his shoulder, grasping it at the guard and ‘throwing down’, just as one would a six-shooter. 1921 Everybody's Mag. July 159/2 Didn't she throw down on us with a rifle without any excuse a-tall. 1955 Evening Democrat (Fort Madison, Iowa) 4 Aug. 4/3 Wyatt threw down on him but in the same instant Ike Clanton ran crazily up and grabbed his gun hand. 1977 M. Torres in R. P. Rettig et al. Manny ii. 58/1 When I threw down on people with my double-barreled 12 they would almost always get very scared and very quiet. 2015 P. Bacigalupi Water Knife xviii. 183 Mike lunged for the man with the gun. The pistol coughed again... ‘You didn't have to shoot his ass.’ ‘Motherfucker threw down on me.’ 10. transitive. slang (chiefly U.S.). To overcome, conquer, defeat.With quot. 2010 cf. throwdown n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow shrenchc897 allayOE fellOE quellOE to bring to the groundc1175 forlesec1200 to lay downa1225 acastc1225 accumberc1275 cumber1303 confoundc1330 overthrowc1375 cumrayc1425 overquell?c1450 overwhelvec1450 to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500 prostrate1531 quash1556 couch1577 unhorse1577 prosternate1593 overbeata1616 unchariot1715 floor1828 quench1841 to knock over1853 fling1889 to throw down1890 steamroller1912 wipe1972 zonk1973 1890 R. C. Lehmann Harry Fludyer 98 I think I shall floor mine [‘exam.’], and Dick's sure to throw his examiners down. 1905 Washington Post 11 Mar. 8/5 Navy Yard is an erratic team, but at any time they are likely to throw some rival down. 1943 Chicago Defender 13 Feb. 21/8 Alabama State's Hornets..rose up and threw down their hated rivals 43 to 23. 2010 Philadelphia Tribune 5 Dec. 3 b/2 Many of their rhymes' conclusions are simply what was heard in the past on street corners..in an attempt to best or ‘throw down’ one's opponent. 11. transitive. U.S. slang. To abandon or discard (a friend or companion); spec. to end a romantic relationship with; to throw over, turn down. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge shrivec1374 disavowc1400 reject1426 renouncec1450 disvow1502 disavouch1583 disclaim1585 to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588 disacknowledge1598 forjure1601 disknow1606 disvoucha1616 to swear off1839 to throw down1895 to go into the discard1898 ditch1921 cancel1990 1895 J. S. Wood Yale Yarns 253 That Gower girl,—she's thrown him down; it would be a kindness to him to flirt a little with him. 1912 W. M. Raine Brand Blotters ii. ii. 214 You don't figure he's aiming to throw us down—do you, Buck? 1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap xiii. 230 That Jackson lad has offered me about ten thousand of them vegetable cigarettes, but I'll have to throw him down. 1929 Washington Post 21 Nov. 10/2 Patton said he had gone with Mrs. Eden for six years, but she ‘threw him down’. 1943 N.Y. Times 3 Dec. 26/2 He is not one to throw down a friend. 12. transitive. To eat or drink quickly or voraciously; esp. to drink (alcoholic drink) quickly or in quantity. ΚΠ 1930 J. Lait Gangster Girl v. 42 The servant sing-songed in with the Scotch. Annie threw it down. It burned. It burned good. 1962 K. Amis Let. 21 Nov. (2000) 609 We'll be throwing down shish-kebab in Shepherd's Bush and whitebait in Whitechapel. 1989 O. Hijuelos Mambo Kings play Songs of Love 30 Everyone was huddling by the bar and throwing down drinks. 2016 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Mar. t1 It is not as if Starbucks is creating an atmosphere where patrons will be throwing down shots of Jägermeister. 13. slang (originally U.S.). Cf. throwdown n. 3. a. intransitive. To start fighting: to have a fight. Also in extended use: to engage in a contest or confrontation; to clash. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > start or join a fight mix1895 to steam in1961 to throw down1979 1979 Eagle & Swan Dec. 43/1 A couple of years ago a young boxer's robe was emblazoned with the inscription ‘We Came To Throw Down’. 1989 B. M. Cooper in S. Lee Do Right Thing Foreword 16 Spike Lee is a typical Brooklyn knucklehead who likes to throw down because he's good at it. 2005 AutoWeek 10 Jan. 20 So as we approach three years without a Chevrolet Camaro to throw down with the Mustang GT, we thought it would be fun to pit the Pontiac against the de facto reigning pony car champ. 2013 R. Rowell Fangirl (2014) xvi. 190 Levi likes you, you like him—I'm over it... If he were still my boyfriend, we'd have to throw down. But he's not. So let's go have lunch, okay? b. intransitive. Of a rapper, DJ, or similar artist: to perform, esp. as part of a throwdown. Also transitive with the performance as object.Originally in hip-hop contexts. ΚΠ 1980 Washington Post 31 Aug. g2/5 ‘We threw down most violently on it,’ Jackson says, meaning that they rapped over the music. 2000 ‘Da Brat’ What'chu Like (transcribed from song) in Unrestricted No woman can slow dance or throw down like I can. 2015 Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 18 Dec. Resident DJs..will be throwing down high-octane beats to get the crowd dancing hard. c. transitive. Of a dancer, snowboarder, or skateboarder: to perform (a move or moves). ΚΠ 1984 Washington Post 27 July (Weekend section) 3/2 The Footloose Cloggers will be throwing down some Southern Appalachian clogging with the Hambone Sweets string band. 1996 Plow Snowboarding Mag. Dec. 48 Elan rides at Steven's Pass... It's just a trademark of a seasoned Gold Bar local to slip through the cracks while throwing down lines that sometimes just shouldn't be done. 2000 D. Werner Skateboarder's Start-up 18 They throw down their best moves and we do a battle of skateboarding talent. 2014 MailOnline (Nexis) 19 Jan. He..danced on table tops and threw down some shapes in the venue. < as lemmas |
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