throw down
To throw something down hard onto the floor or a surface; also a way of challenging someone or showing off a great performance.
Meanings
To throw or drop something onto a surface, often with force or anger.
"In frustration, he threw down his pen and walked out of the room."
In the phrase 'throw down the gauntlet': to issue a challenge or invitation to compete.
"The challenger threw down the gauntlet by publicly daring the champion to a rematch."
(Informal, chiefly North American) To perform with great energy and skill; to do something impressive.
"The DJ really threw it down at the party last night — the crowd went wild."
The phrase 'throw down the gauntlet' (to issue a challenge) is a very well-known idiom. In informal American English, 'throw down' alone can mean to perform with great energy or to start a fight. Also used in the set phrase 'throw down your weapons' to mean surrendering.
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