cough up
verboEn español: expectorar, apoquinar, aflojar, desembolsar
- To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing. · He was coughing up blood.· He was coughing up a lung.
- Of money: to pay or disburse reluctantly. · Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?
- Of other objects: to hand over, give.
- To confess; to give up information.
- To lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest. · That team had the game won, but they coughed it up in the end.
- To spill, to fumble.
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