cough up
verb
coughed up; coughing up; coughs up
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
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Breathing in the spores causes Aspergillosis, a potentially fatal lung disease marked by headache, fatigue, coughing up blood, and in some cases, can spread throughout the body.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 6 May 2025
Signs and symptoms include a cough that lasts for three weeks or longer, coughing up blood or phlegm, chest pain, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, fever, chills and night sweats, according to the CDC.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025
The Context Reports have been ongoing about an unidentified virus, centred in Moscow, that causes patients to cough up blood and suffer from prolonged high fever.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
In her email to the school community, Plascencia said that conditions like a persistent cough lasting three weeks or longer, coughing up blood, pain with breathing, chest pain, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, fever, chills or night sweats are warning signs.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 6 May 2025
Signs and symptoms include a cough that lasts for three weeks or longer, coughing up blood or phlegm, chest pain, weakness, fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, fever, chills and night sweats, according to the CDC.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025
The Context Reports have been ongoing about an unidentified virus, centred in Moscow, that causes patients to cough up blood and suffer from prolonged high fever.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
In her email to the school community, Plascencia said that conditions like a persistent cough lasting three weeks or longer, coughing up blood, pain with breathing, chest pain, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, fever, chills or night sweats are warning signs.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cough up
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“Cough up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cough%20up. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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