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throw up

verb

to give up; abandon, relinquish
to build or construct hastily
to reveal; produce
every generation throws up its own leaders
informal.
also intr to vomit

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"I'm either going to faint or throw up," declared Lola Young near the start of her set last weekend.

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The toughness of the terrain - and pressure of the occasion - means the Masters can throw up surprises.

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"It got to the point where I was actually making myself throw up," Lily said.

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But to transform the global trading system using an arbitrary formula, that throws up transparent absurdities, even without the penguins, is likely to encourage the other side to resist.

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If 1960s Beatlemania was defined by teenage girls fainting and screaming, the plan now is arguably to get Gen Z - in internet parlance - "screaming, crying, throwing up" from behind their phone screens in excitement.

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throw to the wolves throw up one's hands

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