throw up

Definition of throw upnext
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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 If the individual begins throwing up, or if symptoms get worse or last for over an hour – call 911. Chad Murphy, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2026 Still, cooking is the first and only thing that’s given Tiedemann purpose, so the better option seems to be throwing up a middle finger and getting back to work. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 Otto Lopez wound up beating out an infield single despite an incredible stop and throw up the middle from second baseman Anthony Seigler, but the Red Sox caught a break when Marsee broke for home. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 The next day, JT showed a snippet of his viral cameo that had everyone and their mother throwing up their phones in glee. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for throw up
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  • At one point the Spaniard could be seen vomiting into a towel.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • On a muggy Saturday afternoon in mid-August, tennis player Novak Djokovic appeared to vomit into a towel and called for a doctor to check his blood pressure before unexpectedly losing a second-round match in Cincinnati.
    Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • Last month, Vance hurled himself into an obscure debate over burrito prices to make a gratuitous swipe at a conservative Washington Post columnist’s weight.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Another member of Colorado’s group finally had enough and hurled an orange Gatorade bottle up at the fans.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Throw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20up. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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