throw up

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 Here in ‘25, Dykes and his team did not throw up a repeat of their Deion dud but instead authored a Belichick Beatdown. 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 See All Example Sentences for throw up
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  • Daily beatings that left people in wheelchairs, with broken teeth, and vomiting blood.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • 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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  • Quirarte had switched to a still camera when Slebir, towed on a Jet Ski by his longtime surfing buddy Luca Padua of Half Moon Bay, hurled to the crest of the gigantic wave and let go of his tether.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Solar flares are colossal explosions in the sun's atmosphere that hurl out bursts of powerful radiation.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Throw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20up. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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