Definitions for cough up
cough up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cough up, pony up, spit upverb

   give reluctantly

   "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition"

2. expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit outverb

   discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cough upverb

   to expel from the lungs, throat, etc. by coughing

2. cough upverb

   to pay money, to disburse, usually reluctantly or with difficulty.

3. cough upverb

   to lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest

4. cough upverb

   To spill, to fumble

5. Etymology: From cough + up.

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1. cough up

   To "cough up" generally refers to forcing something out of one's body by coughing. However, in an informal or slang context, it can also mean to give or surrender something (often money) unwillingly.

Matched Categories

1. • Discharge
   • Give

How to pronounce cough up?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cough up in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cough up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cough up in a Sentence

1. John Miller:

   In litigation or a negotiation, there will be requests to do more, to cough up more money and yet I do think it's a fair statement to say that a very high debt burden absolutely has a negative impact on the economy and if you sit back and just continue with austerity it gets worse.

2. Jim Denes:

   I was just miserable. I was trying to cough up stuff, I couldn’t, my eyes were all runny and watery.

3. Dawn Medley:

   There are families that can't just cough up $6,000 when they do not know when the paycheck will arrive.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cough up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cough_Up
3. ^ ChatGPT
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