ALL meanings of cough up
cough up
C c - phrasal verb cough up If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to. 3
- verb cough up to surrender (money, information, etc), esp reluctantly 3
- verb cough up to bring into the mouth or eject (phlegm, food, etc) by coughing 3
- noun cough up to bring up or eject (phlegm, food, etc.) by coughing 3
- noun cough up to hand over (money or the like) 3
- intransitivephrasal verb cough up pay debt 1
- transitivephrasal verb cough up pay: debt 1
- transitivephrasal verb cough up expel from throat 1
- verb without object cough up to expel air from the lungs suddenly with a harsh noise, often involuntarily. 1
- verb without object cough up (of an internal-combustion engine) to make a similar noise as a result of the failure of one or more cylinders to fire in sequence. 1
- verb without object cough up to make a similar sound, as a machine gun firing in spurts. 1
- verb with object cough up to expel by coughing (usually followed by up or out): to cough up phlegm. 1
- noun cough up the act or sound of coughing. 1
- noun cough up an illness characterized by frequent coughing. 1
- noun cough up a sound similar to a cough, a machine gun, or an engine firing improperly. 1
- verb cough up to expel from the lungs, throat, etc. by coughing. 0
- verb cough up (Idiomatic) VT (informal) to reluctantly or unwillingly give. 0
- verb cough up (Idiomatic) to lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest. 0
- verb cough up (Transitive Verb) IDI To spill, to fumble. 0