toss up

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toss up

verb tosses up · tossing up · tossed up

intransitive To make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice.
intransitive To throw something upwards.
transitive To produce, generate.
Internet, transitive To post or upload. Restless in quarantine, she began posting videos on Instagram, one of which got picked up by Barstool, the popular sports blog. […] Then she tossed up a few on TikTok, notably one in which she faux-naively referred to Houston Street in New York, which is pronounced How-ston, as Hew-ston.
transitive To cook or prepare something quickly.
transitive To casually mention as an idea.
slang To vomit. He began to vomit. Retching violently, he tossed up first the swaddled stone that he had eaten in the belief that it was Zeus, and then he vomited up Zeus's elder brothers and sisters […]
slang To beat up, thrash. He got in a fight last night and got tossed up.

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verb to make a decision based on chance

中文	孤注一掷 gū zhù yì zhí
Italiano	tirare a sorte

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@misc{toss_up_2026,
  title = {toss up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toss%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}