cough up
informal to surrender (money, information, etc), esp reluctantly
(tr) to bring into the mouth or eject (phlegm, food, etc) by coughing
Words Nearby cough up
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How to use cough up in a sentence
Some cough up preposterous jury awards, while others lay bare the egregious failures of the criminal justice system.
And every one of them seems to cough up the same anecdotes on the sprightly blonde.
Meet Your New Sleeping Beauty: Elle Fanning on ‘Maleficent,’ Brangelina, and Summer Style | Marlow Stern | May 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNonetheless, I still had to cough up $1,300 a month with a $5,000 deductible for the two of us.
But Verizon caught on and made him cough up the money anyway.
These are often friends, family members, colleagues, clients—just about anyone who will cough up dough for a campaign.
Mitt Romney Should Disclose Big Campaign Donors | Peter Schweizer | April 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Th' hide iv th' pauperized kine iv Europe will have to cough up at th' custom house befure they can be convarted into brogans.
Mr. Dooley Says | Finley DunneIf you don't want me to hand you trouble by the bushel, you'd better cough up that little dwarf.
The Secret of the Storm Country | Grace Miller Whitecough up all your spare coin, Joe, and see these little beggars dive for it.
Baseball Joe Around the World | Lester ChadwickIn this business ye got to cough up yer whole soul jus' to get a lump (hand-out).
Notes of an Itinerant Policeman | Josiah FlyntI see through their game—to steal the poor lad from his mother's arms, an' make the old man cough up the dough.
The Long Patrol | H. A. Cody
Other Idioms and Phrases with cough up
Hand over or relinquish, especially money; pay up. For example, It's time the delinquent members coughed up their dues. [Slang; late 1800s]
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