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
Trump signed into law a massive tax and spending bill in July that slashed incentives for wind and solar energy projects, and his administration has thrown up other barriers for those projects to get approval.
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
Hoover was rocked on the pass and threw up a prayer that McAlister somehow caught in traffic for a 30-yard gain.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
Neha Suresh Neha quickly threw up a basic website on Reddit, charging $10 a month.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
In recent decades, as China has laid down vast networks of high-speed rail and thrown up shimmering cities, Americans have developed a deepening sense that their own country struggles to get things done.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
Hoover was rocked on the pass and threw up a prayer that McAlister somehow caught in traffic for a 30-yard gain.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
Neha Suresh Neha quickly threw up a basic website on Reddit, charging $10 a month.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
In recent decades, as China has laid down vast networks of high-speed rail and thrown up shimmering cities, Americans have developed a deepening sense that their own country struggles to get things done.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw up
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Rates of nausea and vomiting among those patients were 13% and 11% above placebo, respectively.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Bertha Coombs,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Scout stayed at the vet for observation, coughing and vomiting throughout the period, and had her vitals rechecked several hours later.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Jupiter’s gravitational pull also hurls enormous rocks around within the asteroid belt.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Mullen was 29-6 before Marco Wilson hurled a cleat and 5-9 after it.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Throw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20up. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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