throw down

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throw down

To fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.

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Submitted on September 19, 2009

Additional definitions for 'throw down':

throw down	To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
throw down	Admirably or forcefully.
throw down	To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".

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