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transitive. To cough or bring up (blood or phlegm). Obsolete.
With out, up. To eject or get rid of by coughing.
transitive. To bring up with a strong effort of clearing the throat.
Of a person. transitive. Medicine. To expel (mucus, blood, etc.) from the lungs and respiratory passages by coughing; to cough up and spit out…