throw sth up
(JOB) UK informal — phrasal verb with throw /θrəʊ/
/θroʊ/ verb (threw, thrown)Definition
› If you throw up your job, you choose to leave it or stop doing it: He's thrown up his job and gone off to Africa to work for a children's charity.Stop having or doing somethingRetiring and resigning from work
(Definition of throw sth up (JOB) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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throw sth open phrasal verb (OBJECT)
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throw sth out phrasal verb (GET RID OF)
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throw sth out phrasal verb (NOT ACCEPT)
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throw sth together phrasal verb
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throw sth up phrasal verb (IDEA)
- throw sth up phrasal verb (JOB)
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throw sth/sb off phrasal verb
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throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
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throw the book at sb idiom
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throw up your hands in horror/despair idiom
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throw verb (ANGER)
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Synonyms and related words:
- abdicate verb (KING/QUEEN)
- attrition noun
- bow out phrasal verb
- chuck sth in phrasal verb
- departure noun (LEAVING)
- golden handshake noun
- golden parachute noun
- leave the field clear for sb idiom
- natural wastage noun
- outgoing adjective (LEAVING)
- pension noun
- redundancy payment noun
- resignation noun (JOB)
- retd adjective
- retire verb (STOP WORKING)
- retired adjective
- retiree noun
- retirement noun
- retiring adjective (STOP WORKING)
- turnover noun (EMPLOYEES)
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