expectorate
verb (used without object)
to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.
had expectorated
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past perfectof expectorate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The patient had little hemorrhage, but had expectorated and swallowed much blood.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
