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cough up

verbo

En español: expectorar, apoquinar, aflojar, desembolsar

  1. To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing. (transitive) · He was coughing up blood.· He was coughing up a lung.
  2. Of money: to pay or disburse reluctantly. (informal, transitive) · Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?
  3. Of other objects: to hand over, give. (informal, transitive)
  4. To confess; to give up information. (informal, intransitive, slang, transitive)
  5. 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.
  6. To spill, to fumble. (transitive)
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