cough up

cough up

verb

Definition of COUGH UP

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress <finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me>

Synonyms cede, cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down, relinquish, render, turn in, turn over, yield

Related Words commit, consign, entrust (also intrust), transfer; forfeit, release, waive; abnegate, renounce, resign; abandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed

Near Antonyms keep, retain, withhold