thrown down

Cast to ground

Thrown down is the past participle of throw down, carrying its various senses.

Something physically thrown down has been cast to a lower surface: The gauntlet had been thrown down.

In slang, to have thrown down means to have fought, competed intensely, or performed with energy: By the time I arrived, punches had already been thrown down.

A challenge that's been thrown down awaits response.

Related

wrestle · power struggle · hurl · renunciation · discarded · plunge · dare · collapse · brought low · fling · depose · defeat · gauntlet · challenge · cast aside · declaration · surrender · submission

Opposites
physical vertical direction

thrown downthrown up

Expelled via nausea

lifted up · picked up · tossed up · raised · hoisted

manner of placement

thrown downset down

Place or record formally

deposited · rested · cradled · nestled

power/defeat

thrown downvictorious

Having achieved triumph

triumphant · conquering · raised up · elevated · exalted

Family

thrown, down, throw, throws, throwing, threw, thrower, throwers, overthrow

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G