throw up

British  

verb

1. to give up; abandon, relinquish

2. to build or construct hastily

3. to reveal; produce

   every generation throws up its own leaders

4. informal (also intr) to vomit

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throw up Idioms  

1. Vomit, as in The new drug makes many patients throw up . [First half of 1700s]

2. Abandon, relinquish, as in After the results of the poll came in, she threw up her campaign for the Senate .

3. Construct hurriedly, as in The builder threw up three houses in a matter of a few months . [Late 1500s]

4. throw it up to . Criticize, upbraid, as in Dad was always throwing it up to the boys that they were careless and messy . [Early 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Edward, who settled in France, later threw up the kinds of headaches that will feel familiar to King Charles.

From The Wall Street Journal

People in F1 went to Melbourne nervous about what the first race of the season would throw up.

From BBC

On a day that threw up so many memorable images, that one final one of the captain and his studied calm was impressive, too.

From BBC

When he just looked at me like if he stared hard enough my head would catch on fire, I threw up my hands defensively.

From Literature

Numbers don’t lie, and U.S. companies are still throwing up good ones.

From Barron's