throw up the odd wrestler

English translation: produce the odd wrestler

11:28 Jun 30, 2019
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Government / Politics
English term or phrase: throw up the odd wrestler
Hello everyone,

From the book Thank You for Being Late by Thomas Friedman.

I eventually concluded that the “it” starts with the fact that Minnesota, and even little St. Louis Park, has and had a critical mass of leaders who year in and year out came to politics and power in order to govern. They squabble and gridlock as much as any in the country (and even occasionally ***throw up the odd wrestler***, like Governor Jesse Ventura, to take a hand at making a mess of the place), but at the end of the day, more often than not, they’ve forged compromises for the greater good of the community. Yes, that is what lawmakers are expected to do, but the venomous polarization that has swept across American politics in the last two decades has made that no longer the norm, or even the expectation, in Washington, D.C., anymore.

What does "throw up" mean here?

I asked this question on another forum, but as of now the only ative speaker who replied just said that ""Throw up" is an unusual choice of verb here (most likely because Jesse Ventura was a wrestler)."

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/throw-up-the-odd-wre...

Thank you.
Mikhail Korolev
Local time: 07:42
Selected answer:produce the odd wrestler
Explanation:
It is in the Collins Dictionary :

4. phrasal verb
To throw up a particular person or thing means to produce them or cause them to become noticeable.


I wouldn't say it was a particularly unusual choice of verb in this context.

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The idea is that a variety of people emerged from the community as leaders.

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Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 05:42
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Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Mark.
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3 +8produce the odd wrestler
Mark Nathan
3and even occasionally the odd **real** wrestler gets included in that melee
Daryo
3Leave, quit
Ali Sharifi


  

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produce the odd wrestler


Explanation:
It is in the Collins Dictionary :

4. phrasal verb
To throw up a particular person or thing means to produce them or cause them to become noticeable.


I wouldn't say it was a particularly unusual choice of verb in this context.

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Note added at 12 mins (2019-06-30 11:40:59 GMT)
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The idea is that a variety of people emerged from the community as leaders.

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Note added at 14 mins (2019-06-30 11:43:15 GMT)
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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/throw-u...

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 05:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Mark.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlotte Fleming
12 mins

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
30 mins

agree  Bilgehan Uyhan
37 mins

agree  Mark Robertson
2 hrs

agree  Francisco Chagas: Mark, that's spot-on, however, I would perhaps emphasise the negative--if not visceral--connotation present in the term (in its context) which incites one to read it as "shit out the odd wrestler".
3 hrs
  -> I suppose it suggests randomness, but I don't think it is necessarily negative.

agree  AllegroTrans
4 hrs

agree  Daryo: with an additional twist.
6 hrs

agree  Arabic & More
17 hrs
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They squabble and gridlock ... and even occasionally throw up the odd wrestler
and even occasionally the odd **real** wrestler gets included in that melee


Explanation:
They squabble and gridlock ... and even occasionally throw up the odd wrestler

= politics are described as a melee - a free for all where politicos "wrestle" each other metaphorically, and occasionally you even get a real wrestler joining in.


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gets involved in that melee

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:42
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
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Leave, quit


Explanation:
To leave someone


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Ali Sharifi
United States
Local time: 00:42
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Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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