toss down

Example Sentences

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Now that you’re all clean, toss down a blanket and stay for movie night.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2019

Make sure you see this—you can’t just offhandedly toss down your phone and expect a full battery a few hours later.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2018

A crowd gathered to watch a squad of Nepali soldiers dismantle a dangerously tilting house, brick by brick, and toss down the debris in a cloud of dust.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2015

And why not toss down a challenge: John Paulson made a tremendous bundle betting that the housing market would tank disastrously and donated $100 million to Central Park, which lies in his backyard.

From New York Times • May 28, 2013

Whenever I got behind a little he’d shake his head and sigh, toss down his pick and grab a second shovel.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña