to slam down
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6.0
- phrasal verb
- /slæm daʊn/
- Informal
- As soon as I saw it, I slammed my money down.
- slam down the phone
- slam your glass down
- slam down the receiver
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Watch on YouTubeI just put it in a cup, stir it up and slam it down.
- I just put it in a cup, stir it up and slam it down.
- And the managers come fuming, fuming in the office, slammed something down on the table.
- So I, I, I, I I slammed down on him and he took his inside hand and hit nothing but chin strap.
- But it's the iron will, the iron will of a belief system that gets slammed down on the table or slammed down in a in any environment.
Examples
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Listen, go ahead and slam the phone down just for the satisfaction.
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And with that naked threat, he slammed down the phone before I had a chance to reply.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Where the hell is that gal?" He slammed his glass down and grabbed my arm.
Fiction book (1992) -
Jack steps up beside David and slams his hand down on the little stack of papers.
Fiction book (1992) -
Astonished, I watched him slam down the lock, first on the driver's side, then on the passenger door.
Fiction book (1993) -
She'd shouted at him to leave her alone and slammed down the phone.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then Chuck picked up his hard hat and slammed it down again with definite finality.
Fiction book (1993) -
Will swore and slammed the jug down on a box of harnessing gear.
Fiction book (1990) -
Moshier spins on a dime and sprints to the desk where he slams down on the silent alarm button.
Fiction book (1991) -
After a long day at work, I came home and slammed down a big slice of pizza.
Synonyms
375
2.3
To close or hit something with great force and make a loud noise
161
5.4
Eat or drink something quickly and completely
43
3.4
Push something quickly and hard into place
25
2.7
To close a door or window quickly and hard so it makes a loud noise
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6.0
To put down something or sit down heavily so it makes a loud sound
11
3.2
To empty a glass quickly in one long gulp
11
2.2
Push something down using your hand or weight
6
4.4
To manage to swallow food or medicine when it is hard
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6.7
To put something down so it makes a noise or to pay money quickly
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7.1
To force something down by hitting it hard
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3.7
To eat or drink very quickly, often without chewing
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7.2
To put something or yourself down suddenly and heavily, often making a noise
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8.0
To put something down hard, often making a loud sound
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both senses of 'slam down' are transparently built from 'slam' (to do something forcefully) + 'down' (movement to a lower position or completion/ingestion), so putting an object down forcefully or consuming something quickly is directly inferable. This follows a common English verb + particle pattern that B1 learners who know the constituent words will readily understand.
Etymology
Slam down comes from the literal image of slam (a hard, noisy hit) and down (on a surface); imagine someone dropping a phone or slamming a cup on a table. Because of that strong action, the phrase now means both 'to put something down forcefully' and 'to eat or drink something very quickly'.