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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
Friedland says, throwing up his hands.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
The Warriors forward drove into the paint and threw up a shot through contact from three defenders.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Well, throwing up or seeing someone else throw up was my biggest fear, and my second biggest fear was surgery, and my third biggest fear was the hospital.
—Via Harvest Books, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Even the nutritional character of the soil could be altered because of the influx of sediment deposits and underground water contamination, throwing up other obstacles for cultivation later on.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
The Warriors forward drove into the paint and threw up a shot through contact from three defenders.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Well, throwing up or seeing someone else throw up was my biggest fear, and my second biggest fear was surgery, and my third biggest fear was the hospital.
—Via Harvest Books, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Even the nutritional character of the soil could be altered because of the influx of sediment deposits and underground water contamination, throwing up other obstacles for cultivation later on.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw up
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The 75-year-old ginkgo trees have been wafting the unpleasant smell into the air at the Northern California park, forcing residents to brave the stench that is comparable to vomit, The Sacramento Bee and SFGATE report.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 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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On screen, Lawrence and Pattinson hurl nonstop insults at each other in loud bursts of verbal warfare, a striking contrast to the duo’s quieter working relationship.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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Within minutes of arriving in Paris in 1903 and settling with Leo near Montparnasse, Stein hurled herself into the center of the thriving avant-garde art world.—
Daphne Merkin,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Throw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20up. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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