as in relinquishes
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
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Recent Examples of coughs up
Each room coughs up its contents like a kid with consumption.
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Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coughs up
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In a street vacation, the city relinquishes the right of way or public service easement to an adjacent property owner or owners.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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This level of violence renders concerns about AI’s racial biases in beauty technology trivial by comparison.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Order surrenders messily to disorder.—
Domenico Starnone,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2025
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Each year, millions of cats and dogs enter shelters across the United States, many due to owner surrenders.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The combination delivers a total of 1,250 hp to all four wheels.—
Ben Oliver,
Robb Report,
30 Sep. 2025
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The fashion capital of the world always delivers.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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This dual function allows the insect to execute dramatic maneuvers — up to 96-degree turns in 50 milliseconds — while propelling itself at speeds of 120 body lengths per second, a performance comparable to the acrobatic saccades of fruit flies in air.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Bitcoin has been trading sideways in recent weeks as other cryptocurrency ecosystems such as Ethereum and Solana take their turns in the spotlight.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Coughs up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coughs%20up. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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