throw down a challenge

Commissioner, I should like to throw down a challenge to you.

"What got me was the effect it had on people, so I threw down a challenge for everybody to go 60 days without violence."

But because the book throws down a challenge to conventional thinking about space, it could certainly find a home at larger companies too.

This week the the latest data from two major testing agencies threw down a challenge to such optimism.

He enjoys posing quite personal questions to near-strangers, or throwing down a challenge.

So Smith was throwing down a challenge, was he?

It's a name that throws down a challenge.

"The vegetable of the day is beets," the waitress declared, as if throwing down a challenge.

- Principle 12 - Throw down a challenge.

"They were throwing down a challenge and I showed them I was ready to accept it.

In April 1984, three months after taking office, Mr. Ward threw down a challenge.

Ian Schrager, the hotelier who can do no wrong, has once again thrown down a challenge to cultural criticism.

I didn't throw down a challenge; I threw down a suggestion."

And he threw down a challenge for co-star, Sofia Vergara.

"From what you've said, it sounded like he was . . . throwing down a challenge to you."

The Occupiers then throw down a challenge, declaring that they will remain in the Square "until the 99% awaken".

On the home front, Honda's nemesis, the Toyota Motor Corporation, has also thrown down a challenge.

His eyes sought Dora as if throwing down a challenge and Melissa saw her draw herself upright, her nostrils flaring.

In the Battle of Uhud before the battle begun, he came forward and threw down a challenge for a duel.

Carl Hayden, Chancellor of the Board of Regents, took the opportunity in an interview to throw down a challenge.

Mean-Machine, a C'Natti wordsmith, made his voice heard amid the hubbub and threw down a challenge.

On Friday, the Muslim-led Bosnian Government threw down a challenge to the United Nations military command here and relief officials.

Hilary Benn, the minister responsible for British overseas aid, said the British move "throws down a challenge to the rest of the world."

"As you can see," Mr. Redden said, "we are throwing down a challenge to America's institutions to keep Sue in the United States."

One particularly acidic critic, Dr. David E. H. Jones, has thrown down a challenge to the notion of science as fun.