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

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throw up

Royal tours always throw up those "wonky" moments.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

“Right now we’re seeing reactive responses. OK, let’s throw up some sandbags and plywood.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

“I was able to dump everything out of that bag at the last second, and throw up in it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

They throw up, and if we play it, we’ll have to have them here, and they’ll throw up on the console in the recording studio, and we don’t want them.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

I feel like I’m going to throw up.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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