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Verb: cough up
  1. Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
    "He had to cough up the water he accidentally inhaled";
    - expectorate, cough out, spit up, spit out
     
  2. [informal] Pay money, especially reluctantly or when obligated
    "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition";
    - pony up [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: coughing up, coughed up, coughs up

See also: cough

Type of: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, give, release