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Cough up   /kɑf əp/   Listen
Cough up

verb
1.
Give reluctantly.  Synonyms: pony up, spit up.
2.
Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth.  Synonyms: cough out, expectorate, spit out, spit up.





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"Cough up" Quotes from Famous Books



... Skidder. "You gotta get other quarters. It don't pay us to keep on buying benches and mending windows, even if you cough up for 'em. It don't pay us to rent the hall to your club and get all this here notoriety, what with your red flags and the po-lice hanging around and ...
— The Crimson Tide • Robert W. Chambers


Words linked to "Cough up" :   discharge, ptyalize, ptyalise, release, cough out, spit, spit up, eject, exhaust, spue, pony up, sputter, spew, expel, give, splutter, cough, expectorate


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