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单词 throw up
释义

throw up

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verb (adverb, mainly tr)

to give up; abandon, relinquish
to build or construct hastily
to reveal; produceevery generation throws up its own leaders
(also intr) informal to vomit

Words nearby throw up

throwster, throw the book at, throw the book at someone, throw together, throw to the wolves, throw up, throw up one's hands, throw up to, throw weight, thru, thrum
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with throw up

throw up

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]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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