throw up

throw up
1. transitive verb
1) (lift quickly) hochwerfen [Arme, Hände]; [plötzlich] hochschieben [Fenster]
2) (erect quickly) hochziehen (salopp) [Gebäude]
3) (give up) hinwerfen (ugs.) [Arbeit]; aufgeben [Versuch]; abbrechen [Laufbahn, Ausbildung]
4) (produce) hervorbringen [Führer, Ideen usw.]
5) (coll.): (vomit) ausspucken (ugs.)
2. intransitive verb
(coll.): (vomit) brechen (ugs.)
* * *
1) (a slang expression for to vomit: She had too much to eat, and threw up on the way home.) sich erbrechen
2) (to give up or abandon: He threw up his job.) hinschmeißen
3) (to build hurriedly: They threw up a temporary building.) aus dem Boden stampfen
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◆ throw up
I. vt
1. (project upwards)
▪ to \throw up up ⇆ sth etw hochwerfen
to \throw up up one's hands die Hände hochreißen
2. (cause to rise)
▪ to \throw up up ⇆ sth etw hochschleudern; dust etw aufwirbeln
3. (deposit on beach)
▪ to \throw up up ⇆ sth etw anschwemmen [o anspülen] [o SCHWEIZ a. länden] fam
4. (build quickly)
to \throw up up ⇆ a building ein Gebäude schnell errichten [o fam hochziehen
5. (fam: give up)
▪ to \throw up up ⇆ sth etw hinwerfen [o fam hinschmeißen
6. (fam: vomit)
▪ to \throw up up ⇆ sth etw erbrechen [o ausspucken
II. vi (fam) erbrechen, sich akk übergeben
* * *
1. vi (inf)
sich übergeben, brechen

it makes you want to throw up — da kann einem schlecht werden, da kommt einem das Kotzen (sl)

2. vt sep
1) ball, hands hochwerfen; dust aufwirbeln; stones aufspritzen lassen
2) (= abandon) job aufgeben; opportunity etc verschenken

I feel like throwing everything up — ich würde am liebsten alles hinwerfen (inf)

3) (= vomit up) von sich (dat) geben, ausbrechen
4) (= produce) hervorbringen; problems, questions aufwerfen

the meeting threw up several good ideas — bei der Versammlung kamen ein paar gute Ideen zutage

the new politicians thrown up by the war — die neuen Politiker, die der Krieg hervorgebracht hat

5) building etc aus dem Boden stampfen
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throw up
A v/t
1. hochwerfen
2. etwas aufgeben, hinwerfen, an den Nagel hängen (beide umg)
3. erbrechen
4. hastig errichten
5. besonders TYPO hervorheben
6. prominente Persönlichkeiten etc hervorbringen
7. throw sth up to sb jemandem etwas vorhalten oder -werfen
B v/i (sich) erbrechen, sich übergeben
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) (lift quickly) hochwerfen [Arme, Hände]; [plötzlich] hochschieben [Fenster]
2) (erect quickly) hochziehen (salopp) [Gebäude]
3) (give up) hinwerfen (ugs.) [Arbeit]; aufgeben [Versuch]; abbrechen [Laufbahn, Ausbildung]
4) (produce) hervorbringen [Führer, Ideen usw.]
5) (coll.): (vomit) ausspucken (ugs.)
2. intransitive verb
(coll.): (vomit) brechen (ugs.)
* * *
v.
aufwühlen (Erde) v.

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