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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My cat vomits once every week or two.—
Jane Sykes,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Be aware the virus may be aerosolized when someone vomits, meaning surfaces several feet away could be contaminated, the USDA said.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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Cannon hurls a last plate against the wall.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
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Her son then gets to realize his dream of not going to college and becoming a firefighter after Kate, who has been on him for the duration of the film to write his college essay, begins reading his college essay and hurls it into the fire.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Throws up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throws%20up. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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