throw up

verb

1. to give up; abandon, relinquish
2. to build or construct hastily
3. to reveal; produce

   every generation throws up its own leaders

4. informal.
   also intr to vomit

Example Sentences

While Democrats might try to throw up roadblocks in Congress, both houses are controlled by the GOP in the coming session, and many Republican lawmakers have expressed support for some form of Trump's deportation agenda.

From Salon

But scientists shouldn’t “throw up their hands and give up.”

From Science Magazine

At that point in the afternoon, the kids abandon their toy dinosaurs and monkey bars, throw up their hands, and yell in excitement as they run to watch the truck do its work.

From Salon

He throws up what looks like a jump ball until you realize the pass actually is directed to a leaping receiver.

From Los Angeles Times

Then, on a mad-dash scramble to his right, Maiava threw up a downfield prayer to Duce Robinson, who came back to the ball for a miraculous reception.

From Los Angeles Times