plunk down

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

This isn’t the first time that Nvidia is plunking down cash to invest in a partner.

From MarketWatch

U.S. travel and leisure spending has remained strong as consumers plunk down money on experiences after isolating during the pandemic.

From Reuters

Then on the 15th, Spieth went right and hit a tree, the ball plunking down in a small flower bush.

From Seattle Times

Trou-du-Nord is plunked down on Haiti’s great northern flats, once the center of the world’s most productive, and deadly, sugar cane farms.

From New York Times

A couple of weeks later, their three-quart batch freezer puttered out and could not quickly be repaired, so they had to plunk down $3,000 for another one.

From New York Times

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