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Example sentences for "throw down"

  • To be a make-peace shall become my age: Throw down, my son, the Duke of Norfolk's gage.

  • Norfolk, throw down; we bid; There is no boot.

  • That Norfolk lies, here do I throw down this, If he may be repeal'd to try his honour.

  • The resulting oxide of copper is then dissolved in nitric acid; and to the concentrated solution, a saturated solution of carbonate of soda is added in sufficient quantity to throw down a considerable proportion of the copper.

  • Prostrate, overthrow, throw to the ground, throw down.

  • Waste, ruin, destroy, pull down, throw down, suffer to go to ruin.

  • Norfolk, throw down, we bid; there is no boot.

  • Some honest Christian trust me with a gage, That Norfolk lies: here do I throw down this, If he may be repeal'd, to try his honour.

  • To be a make-peace shall become my age: 160 Throw down, my son, the Duke of Norfolk's gage.

  • Defn: A failure to deposit or throw down.

  • Optics) Defn: A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    betook myself; certain seasons; come bride; done wrong; four shillings; judicial astrology; little game; not give; play tennis; state affairs; state dinner; three inches; throw himself; throw light; throw myself; throw stones; throw them; throwing herself; throwing himself; throwing light; thrown back; thrown down; thrown from; thrown upon; throws himself; when disturbed