throws up
Loses one's lunch
Throws up most commonly means to vomit: The child threw up in the car.
It also means to raise quickly—throw up your hands in surrender or frustration, throw up a building in a hurry.
Something that throws up questions or problems produces them unexpectedly: The audit threw up some irregularities.
- retchGag involuntarily
- dry heavesVomiting motions without expulsion
- upchuckEject stomach contents
- spewEject with force
- pukeForceful stomach emptying
toss cookies · nausea · hurl · regurgitate · heave · disgorge · gag · vomit · bile · emesis · sick · toss · barf · surrender · white flag · lob · abandon · queasy
throws upkeeps down
Suppresses or controls
holds down · digests · swallows · ingests · absorbs
throws uptears down
Destroys systematically
demolishes · razes · knocks down · pulls down · dismantles
throw, overthrow, thrown, throwing, throws, overthrown, thrower, throwers, overthrows