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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
But Dodgers third-base coach Dino Ebel threw up a late stop sign for Kim to hold at third base.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 May 2026
As Tatis reached the ball, Ebel suddenly threw up his hands, and Kim stopped and returned to third.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
An embargo like this means you are allowed to tweet your impressions, with some limitations, rather than publish full reviews, the kind that would be scored and thrown up on Rotten Tomatoes, so The Mandalorian and Grogu has no score yet.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Her little sister, Adira, threw up her own mini peace sign, posing in a blue dress with flowers.
—Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 May 2026
As Tatis reached the ball, Ebel suddenly threw up his hands, and Kim stopped and returned to third.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
An embargo like this means you are allowed to tweet your impressions, with some limitations, rather than publish full reviews, the kind that would be scored and thrown up on Rotten Tomatoes, so The Mandalorian and Grogu has no score yet.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Her little sister, Adira, threw up her own mini peace sign, posing in a blue dress with flowers.
—Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw up
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At the parties, both boys and girls drank excessively, often leading to vomiting.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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In the second, highly lethal variant of the Black Death, patients typically exhibited no initial symptoms, such as the onset of a fever or the appearance of buboes, but instead would suddenly begin to vomit up blood (that was usually dark in color) and typically died soon thereafter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Hokusai is known for its bright rays of debris that stretch thousands of kilometers across the planet, created when material blasted from beneath Mercury's surface was hurled outward during the impact.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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The girl hurled the ball all the way down the hallway, and Hadley bounded happily to retrieve and gently return it.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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“Throw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20up. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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