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spit up

VERB
  1. give reluctantly
    He coughed up some money for his children's tuition
  2. discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

How To Use spit up In A Sentence

  • Daily he was spit upon, cursed, stoned in the street.
  • It is common for an infant to spit up a little milk after being fed.
  • More likely, he'll spit up on me, or scream in my arms, or steal the rice from my plate of food.
  • The old man tried to spit up sputum, but he could not.
  • Now as we came into the heart of the target area, they cobbed their light maneuverable craft and spit up from our blind bellies. Thud Ridge
  • Almost all infants spit up, but if an infant spits up or throws up almost every time he eats and seems fussy, he may have heartburn.
  • In lieu of Baum’s timeless story, the bulk of the movie finds the star in anvil-subtle slapstick situations: getting stung in the rear by animated bees, being spit upon by a duck, falling down a hole, not realizing the phony Cowardly Lion was replaced by a real beast, etc. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
  • Read it. Poor traitor, spit upon and curst!
  • I'm about the same age as you, and some of us were getting laid in the 80s and having kids then, so hearing about how tired you are and sick of being spit up on is boring.
  • See how they beat his head, spit upon him, kneel before him....
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