cough up

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cough up something

1. to allow an opponent to take the lead in a competition. Sele got a 3—0 lead in the second inning but then coughed it up in the third.

2. to pay money unwillingly. I had to cough up $35 for administration fees. Martinez's lawyers knew the banks had the money, and pushed them to cough it up.

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It's a very prolonged cough without being productive," Cherry says, in contrast to bronchitis, whose victims often cough up mucus. 100-day cough by Fackelmann, Kathleen / Science News More results

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