chuck up

Verb

chuck up (third-person singular simple present chucks up, present participle chucking up, simple past and past participle chucked up)

1. (New Zealand, UK, intransitive, slang, transitive) To vomit; throw up.
   • She got ridiculously drunk last night and chucked up in the back of the minicab on the way home.
   • Take it easy on the roller coasters or you're going to chuck up your lunch.

   Synonyms:

   upchuck, throw up

2. (dated, intransitive, transitive) To chuck up the sponge; to give up; to admit defeat; to break a contract; to abandon or quit (something).
   • But when you've tried it once or twice, And do not find it over nice, If it's dear at any price, Chuck it up. If it's not a paying game, Not worth the candle — all the same, Chuck it up.1891, Gems from Our Village, page 62
   • What worried me was the sense of being up against something inhumanly formidable and wise and strong. I believed I was willing to own defeat and chuck up the game.1919, John Buchan, Mr. Standfast

   Synonyms:

   throw in the towel, chuck in, jig up, jack up

3. (archaic, slang) To be released from prison.