Sentence examples for a thing down from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a thing down" is not standard or commonly used in written English.
It may be used in informal contexts to refer to putting something in a lower position or to emphasize a specific action related to an object.
Example: "I need to put a thing down before I can continue with my work."
Alternatives: "set something down" or "put something down".

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It is both a sign of the excellence of its recipes, and of Koffmann's popularity, that a first edition of this volume, assuming you are able to track such a thing down, will now set you back up to £275.

"You walked up these steps and would ride a thing down.

And now he's in a hospital gown with a thing down his throat.

Razorlight belt out "In the morning, you know you won't remember a thing" down the rows of seats.

"There's a thing down here called the Virginia Way — being as collaborative and bipartisan as possible," said Dan Palazzolo, a professor of political science at the University of Richmond.

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"I'm not putting a damn thing down," one of the black boys said.

Must be a stadium-wind-swirly thing down there.

"It's a nonsensical thing, down-home Southern black vernacular," Ms. Ryder said.

Then wipe the whole thing down with a paper towel.

He really has the performance thing down to a science.

Weigh the whole thing down with a heavy object until it dries.

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