throws up

present tense third-person singular of throw up
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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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“Throws up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throws%20up. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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