All cough up antonyms

verb cough up

• combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
• unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
• deposit — A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it.
• hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• attach — If you attach something to an object, you join it or fasten it to the object.
• collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
• gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
• join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
• retain — to keep possession of.
• save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
• set aside — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• secrete — a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
• take back — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
• penalize — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
• dissatisfy — to cause to be displeased, especially by failing to provide something expected or desired.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• dishonor — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
• earn — to gain or get in return for one's labor or service: to earn one's living.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• worsen — Make or become worse.
• seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
• disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
• shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• take away — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
• fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
• get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.