cough up
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
- To reluctantly or unwillingly give: To pay or disburse reluctantly (perhaps influenced by coffers of money).
- To reluctantly or unwillingly give: To hand over, give.
- To reluctantly or unwillingly give: To confess; to give up information.
- To lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest.
- To spill, to fumble.
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