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English verb: cough up | |||
| 1. | cough up (possession) give reluctantly | ||
| Samples | He coughed up some money for his children's tuition. | ||
| Synonyms | pony up, spit up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
| 2. | cough up (body) discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth | ||
| Synonyms | cough out, expectorate, spit out, spit up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cough, ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit, spit out, splutter, spue, sputter | ||
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