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if you throw up or throw something up, food and drink comes back up from your stomach and out of your mouth
I feel terrible - I've been throwing up all night!
to produce something new or unexpected
This system has thrown up a few problems.
to cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air
The car wheels threw up a shower of stones.
to build something such as a house quickly and not very well
A wall was hastily thrown up to provide some shelter.
to suddenly leave something such as your job or your home
They threw up the whole city lifestyle.
