expectorate
verb (used without object)
to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.
have expectorated
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present perfectof expectorate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The approaches to the house where the patient may have expectorated should be disinfected and cleaned.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
Flies may carry the virus if they are allowed to frequent cuspidors into which consumptives have expectorated.
From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by Louis Philippe McCarty
