throw up
verb- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
- To vomit. · The baby threw up all over my shirt.· That cat is always throwing up hairballs.
- To produce or reveal 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 erect, particularly hastily.
- To give up, abandon something.
- To display a gang sign using the hands.
- To enlarge, as a picture reflected on a screen.
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