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

This reflected concerns from countries including China that trade measures -- like taxes on carbon-intensive goods -- could erode export revenues or throw up barriers to green technology sales.

From Barron's

“If you throw up a picket line, those f— trucks will stop, I promise you.”

From Los Angeles Times

Last year at the state meet, Trepagnier was so nervous that she threw up seven times in the time she walked from the staging areas to the starting blocks.

From Los Angeles Times

When she first heard about his comment, she said, “I wanted to throw up.”

From New York Times

The good news is that Smith, who has a long history of putting away powerful monsters, is throwing up signals that he is serious about dealing with Trump.

From Salon