spit up
Example Sentences
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He spit up often; sometimes it looked as if more were coming out than was going in.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022
State TV aired infomercials showing animated characters advising people to see doctors if they have breathing problems, spit up blood or faint.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2022
When they did eat, they gagged or spit up the food immediately afterward.
From Reuters • Dec. 22, 2021
This was 2003 and the doctor looked at my father as if he'd just spit up a hairball.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2020
Pathetically, with the creak of a tired motor, the fountain began to spit up champagne.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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