fling up
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fling up
slang To vomit. Geez, I thought I was going to fling up on that boat—I felt so seasick!
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fling something up (in something)
to throw one's arms or hands up in an expression of some emotion, such as despair, horror, disgust, resignation. She flung her hands up in despair. She flung up her hands and cried out for help.
fling up
Sl. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. I was afraid I was going to fling up. Who flung up on the sidewalk?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
fling up
in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. I was afraid I was going to fling up.
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