spew up

B2 informal inseparable intransitive

In simple words

to have food come out of your mouth because you are sick

Literal meaning: to force matter upward and out

Meanings

1 B2 idiomatic informal

uncommon

to vomit, often suddenly and forcefully

"The child spewed up in the back seat on the way home."

Grammar: inseparable

Usage notes

Informal and graphic. More common in spoken English than formal writing.

after drinking all over the floor in the car from sickness suddenly

Base

spew up

I/you/we/they

3rd person

spews up

he/she/it

Past simple

spewed up

yesterday

Past participle

spewed up

have + pp

-ing form

spewing up

continuous

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throw up vomit be sick puke barf

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