1
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
Makai was then breathing normally and laughing, but proceeded to throw up again, Rodriguez said.
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
As the story goes, Young threw up three separate times in his first workout.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
This was the exact type of game that must leave USC fans throwing up their hands over Lincoln Riley.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
The star running back admitted to throwing up several times during the game, which is roughly par for dudes at Lambeau Field.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
As the story goes, Young threw up three separate times in his first workout.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
This was the exact type of game that must leave USC fans throwing up their hands over Lincoln Riley.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
The star running back admitted to throwing up several times during the game, which is roughly par for dudes at Lambeau Field.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw up
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But in April 2024, Harper started vomiting nonstop.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Robert returns to his desk only to find that Invisigal had stolen him a donut as a gesture of good faith, which is now smeared all over his keyboard for the new janitor, Water Boy, to clean by vomiting H20 on the mess.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Over roughly three hours, agents came under gunfire, were rammed four times and faced mobs hurling debris.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Also this week, a former paralegal was acquitted after hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in August; Sabzi, a deli in Cornwall, England, is alleging that author Yasmin Khan’s new cookbook with the same name is trademark infringement; and more.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Throw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20up. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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