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present participle of throw up
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1
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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- losing one's lunch
- [slang],
- tossing one's cookies
2
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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“Throwing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwing%20up. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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