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cough up

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Verb

  1. To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
  2. To reluctantly or unwillingly give: To pay or disburse reluctantly (perhaps influenced by coffers of money).
  3. To reluctantly or unwillingly give: To hand over, give.
  4. To reluctantly or unwillingly give: To confess; to give up information.
  5. To lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest.
  6. To spill, to fumble.

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