1
as in vomits
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 throws 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 throws up
The weekend after an international break often throws up uncertainties, but Mikel Arteta’s team are reliably competitive and the loss of their captain, Martin Odegaard, to injury shouldn’t change that.
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
But sometimes Test cricket throws up something so utterly gripping, unrivalled in sports.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Oliver Kay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
But sometimes Test cricket throws up something so utterly gripping, unrivalled in sports.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throws up
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Cartman starts laughing so hard that he projectile vomits all over Thiel.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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That horrible mistake reveals itself several scenes later when Katie projectile vomits into her windshield.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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Captives of a human trafficking ring, their fight for survival turns even more desperate when a violent storm hurls their container into the ocean.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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The collision hurls Keevik toward me, nearly tossing me into the water.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Throws up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throws%20up. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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