English
Etymology
throw + up
Verb
en-verb|inf=to throw up|throws up|throwing up|threw up|thrown up
#colloquial To vomit.
#:The baby threw up all over my shirt.
#:That cat is always throwing up hairballs.
- To erect
#*2001, Diane Kennedy, Loop-Holes of the Rich: How the Rich Legally Make More Money & Pay Less Tax, Warner Books, ISBN 0446678325, page 70,
#*:In other words, a business can throw up a huge detour sign in the way of the government.
#*2005, Brandon Bennett, Moon in Gemini, iUniverse, ISBN 059536442X, page 56,
#*:Why don't you go on and throw up ya gang sign; represent your hood, homey?
#*2007, Marissa Monteilh, Dr. Feelgood, Kensington Books, ISBN 0758211228, page 27,
#*:The deal was that if anyone started catching feelings, he could throw up a stop sign and the other would honor it.
Translations
trans-top|vomit
French: rejetter, régobeller
German: erbrechen, sich übergeben
trans-mid
Portuguese: vomitar, regurgitar
trans-bottom
Category:English phrasal verbs
fr:throw up
io:throw up
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