throw up
[verb]
Synonyms: jerry-build, run up, vomit, barf, bring up, cast, disgorge, heave, *puke, spew, spit up, upchuck

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Related Idioms: slap together, throw together
Related Words: roughcast, roughhew

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English Thesaurus: build, construct, put up something, erect, throw something up, ...

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throw up phrasal verb (see also throw)

1. to bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth because you are ill Synonym : vomit:
Georgia was bent over the basin, throwing up.

2. throw something ↔ up British English to produce problems, ideas, results etc:
The arrangement may throw up problems in other areas.

3. throw something ↔ up if a vehicle, runner etc throws up dust, water etc as they move along, they make it rise into the air

4. throw something ↔ up British English informal to suddenly leave your job, your home etc:
I can’t just throw everything up and come and live with you.

5. throw something ↔ up British English to build something quickly:
new houses hastily thrown up by developers

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build to make a house, road, wall, bridge etc using bricks, stone, wood, or other materials:
A new stadium will be built for the Olympics.
construct to build a building, bridge, machine etc. Construct is more formal than build:
The council plans to construct two new schools.
put up something to build a wall, fence, or building, or put a statue somewhere. Put up is less formal than build:
The neighbours have put up a new wooden fence.
erect formal to build a wall, fence, or building, especially a public building, or put a statue somewhere:
A monument to the Canadian soliders was erected in Green Park.
throw something up British English informal to build something very quickly:
Developers have hastily thrown up family homes in the area.
put together to make something from its parts, for example a piece of furniture:
It took an hour to put the bookcase together.
assemble formal to put all the parts of something such as a machine or a piece of furniture together:
A line of robots assemble the cars.
medium/average build
He was of medium build and wearing a light-coloured jacket.
slim/slender build
She was very strong despite her slender build.
thin build
He had the thin build of a long-distance runner.
slight build (=fairly thin)
Simpson was of slight build and shy in character.
stocky build (=not very tall, but broad and strong)
The man was described as of stocky build with dark hair.
sturdy build (=not very tall but strong and healthy)
an eight-year-old boy of sturdy build
muscular build
These exercises will help you achieve a strong muscular build.
athletic build
She admired his athletic build.
body the shape, size, and appearance of someone’s body:
Many women are not happy with their bodies.
His clothes emphasized his strong body.
figure a woman’s figure is the shape of her body – used especially when it is attractive:
She has a really nice figure.
Freya had an enviably slim figure.
physique the size and appearance of someone’s body – used especially about men who look attractive:
He was over 1.8 m tall with a muscular physique.
Ben has a very athletic physique.

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throw up
throw up (something)
to vomit.
The bus ride was making him feel sick, and he was afraid he was going to throw up.

I fed the baby some fruit, but she threw it up.

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throw up something
throw up (something)
to vomit.
The bus ride was making him feel sick, and he was afraid he was going to throw up.

I fed the baby some fruit, but she threw it up.

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throw up
to vomit
The man threw up two times after he got food poisoning from the seafood.

The woman threw up several times after eating the bad shellfish.

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throw up
v.
1. informal or slang

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