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cough up

verb

Definition of cough up

transitive verb

1 :hand over, deliver

cough up the money

2 :to lose possession of (a ball or puck) during a game

the quarterback coughed up the ball

Examples of cough up in a Sentence

finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me

First Known Use of cough up

1890

cough up Synonyms

Synonyms

cede, surrender, 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

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