if you throw up or throw something up, food and drink comes back up from your stomach and out of your mouth
to build something such as a house quickly and not very well
to cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air
to produce something new or unexpected
to suddenly leave something such as your job or your home
A wall was hastily thrown up to provide some shelter.
B. B. was as keen to chat as I was to throw up so I just cut him off mid-sentence.
Even today, the smell of ordinary diesel makes me want to throw up.
I feel terrible – I’ve been throwing up all night!
The car wheels threw up a shower of stones.
They threw up the whole city lifestyle.
This system has thrown up a few problems.
Too much food and Stephanie knew she'd throw up during the afternoon.
Woods nodded, fighting back the desire to scream, or throw up, or quit flying.
throws up
throwing up
threw up
thrown up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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