THROW UP Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

throw up

verb

as in to vomit

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 to throw 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 throw up The Supreme Court had already decided that yes, indeed, Texas — which spent a hundred million buckaroos a year on California produce — could throw up its own quarantine on Golden State goods. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 The decision to grow aggressively in a range of battery technologies threw up a breathtaking number of operational hurdles. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune Europe, 10 Oct. 2024 At the last second, Simmons threw up a 10, which would've made the score 34. —

Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024 Of the yellow-colored buildings that stood there one week ago, one was thrown up river, another was uprooted and the remaining two ripped apart. —

Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for throw up