To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.
US, popularized 1970s in street culture, from idiom throw down the gauntlet (“to issue a challenge”), used in sense “to fight, to incite a fight, to make a stand” or otherwise get about partying with ...
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To destroy or demolish.
to throw down a tower
To produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
...this guide tracks the artists and recordings that throw down the funk!