throw down

throw down
 n.— «This has been a major embarrassment for the BATF. They would need to prove what they claim just to save face. Just like a cop carrying a “throw-down.” It happens.» —“Re: What the media isn’t saying about events in Waco” Usenet: talk.politics.misc Mar. 5, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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