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as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner
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as in to throw together
to make or assemble roughly or hastily
when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty "Welcome" sign
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Recent Examples of throw up
Here in ‘25, Dykes and his team did not throw up a repeat of their Deion dud but instead authored a Belichick Beatdown.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
As Jack Draper stepped up to serve in the third set of his US Open first round match against Federico Agustín Gómez on Monday, the British star threw up on court.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Conrad attempts to confront Jeremiah about this, but Jere runs to the toilet to throw up, and Conrad walks away.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The finale-episode shoot-out felt like an act of throwing up one’s hands and admitting defeat at the hands of a runaway plot.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
As Jack Draper stepped up to serve in the third set of his US Open first round match against Federico Agustín Gómez on Monday, the British star threw up on court.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Conrad attempts to confront Jeremiah about this, but Jere runs to the toilet to throw up, and Conrad walks away.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The finale-episode shoot-out felt like an act of throwing up one’s hands and admitting defeat at the hands of a runaway plot.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
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Then, early in the morning of February 18, Chernyak began having seizures and vomiting in his bunk bed.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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The first crazy thing that happens to the movie Smurls is when a kitchen chandelier almost falls on them, though the most visceral is when oldest sister Dawn Smurl (Beau Gadsdon) suddenly vomits up pieces of glass, leaving the sink and her face a bloody mess.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Born in what is now Zimbabwe, Bland spent hours as a child hurling stones at telegraph poles.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Protesters hurled rocks at government vehicles, breaking windows and side-view mirrors, according to prosecutors.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Throw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20up. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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