plunk down

Idioms and Phrases

Throw or place or drop heavily, as in He plunked down the money and walked out , or It was hot work, so after an hour we plunked ourselves down in the shade . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

The Kings were plunked down in a place that hated the cold, yet they made ice cool and won two Stanley Cup championships.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s still a small population of people who are willing to plunk down the money to buy the Enquirer at the supermarket,” Levine said.

From Seattle Times

Heywood is a transplanted hedge fund mogul from California who, last year, plunked down more than $6 million to fund signature gathering operations to put six initiatives on the ballot.

From Seattle Times

But the passengers who plunked down $1,800 to $100,000 and boarded the ship at Port Miami in Florida on Jan. 27, said nothing could have prepared them for the vessel’s sheer scale.

From New York Times

Instead, they might have a quasi-nearer-my-Trump-to-thee feeling as they plunk down their cash.

From Salon

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