"can throw down" is a valid phrase that is commonly used in written English.
It can be used to describe someone picking up or dropping something quickly, or someone rapidly consuming food or drink. Example: "Bob can throw down a burger faster than anyone I know."
He can throw down if he wants.
Now we know secretary of state Hillary Clinton can throw down just as enthusiastically as a young Hill staffer.
From her loose ankles, she can throw down a profusion of taps like bagfuls of marbles, yet she does so with precision, in the service of a compelling musicality.
Toronto is also where a Fox Searchlight can throw down the gauntlet, as it did when it announced on Sept. 9, the festival's opening day, that it had acquired "Tree of Life," the latest from Terrence Malick.
If Brooklyn is a frontier, where a free-ranging chef can throw down his bag of knives, stake out a liquor license and fillet the roaming buffalo — or at least a little brisket — then the frontier is beginning to close.
B-movie buffs can throw down their beach blankets and dig in their toes when "Dive-In Movies: Flix From the Great B-yond" recreates the legend of the drive-in movie at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 22-25 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens.
But, she added, "if you are doing yoga a few times a week, you can probably throw down a few glasses of wine.
You can also throw down an extra $20 to get access to Sprint's 3G network.
But can I throw down a few moments of where I am today, what I doing, and cogently put it out there on YouTube?
And to top it all off, this dude can obviously throw down a stellar DJ mix, and he went all in for us on this latest MIXED BY.
She can throw them down like rapid-fire darts in Act I or, in her Act III solo, keep plunging them down with greater texture.
