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Phrase(s): throw something up
1. to build or erect something in a hurry. • They sure threw that building up in a hurry. • They threw up the building in only a few weeks. 2. to vomit something. • Poor Wally threw his dinner up. • He threw up his dinner., Phrase(s): throw up
to vomit. • I was afraid I would throw up, the food was so horrible. • This food is bad enough to make you throw up.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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]
American Heritage Idioms