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Verb: spit up
  1. Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
    - expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit out

Derived forms: spitting up, spat up, spits up

See also: cough

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

Encyclopedia: Spit up

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