A brown glove with one raised finger casts an exclamation-mark-shaped shadow on pale ground.

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Aunt Bethany

Don't throw me down, Clark.

— Christmas Vacation ‧ 1989

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker asks Clark not to throw them down. The negative command seeks to prevent that action without establishing how the two people are positioned or why it might happen.

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