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World English Dictionary

throw down

—vb
1.	(intr)
	a. to offer or accept a challenge to fight
	b. to fight

—n
2.	a challenge, esp to physical or artistic competition

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Slang Dictionary

throw down definition

in.
to eat; to gobble one's food. (The opposite of throw up = to vomit.) : Man, I'm starved. Let's find a hamburger joint and throw down.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Throw down is always a great word to know.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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