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cough up

1. phrasal verb
If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
[informal]
I'll have to cough up $10,000 a year for tuition. [VERB PARTICLE + for]
Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up? [VERB PARTICLE]
[Also V P n + for]
2.  See also cough [sense 3]
See full dictionary entry for cough

cough up in British English

verb (adverb)
1.  informal
to surrender (money, information, etc), esp reluctantly
2. (transitive)
to bring into the mouth or eject (phlegm, food, etc) by coughing

cough up in American English

1. 
to bring up or eject (phlegm, food, etc.) by coughing
2.  US, Slang
to hand over (money or the like)
See full dictionary entry for cough

Examples of 'cough up' in a sentence
cough up

Why had he coughed up that sum?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They should cough up for the repairs.
The Sun (2007)
He went to bed and coughed up blood.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So the management duly agreed to cough up for a new one.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She must cough up unpaid rent for the last quarter after he won a county court judgment yesterday.
The Sun (2015)
In the good times, tolerant taxpayers coughed up in the expectation of better services.
The Sun (2008)
Shareholders must also be confident that all other shareholders will cough up at least 10 billion.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As a result, you might end up coughing up more in tax than you claimed for the office in the first place.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Chinese translation of 'cough up'

cough up

vt

  1. [blood] 咳出 (kéchū)
  2. (inf) [money] 不情愿(願)地支付 (bù qíngyuàn de zhīfù)

vi

  1. (inf) 出钱(錢) (chūqián)
See cough

Nearby words of
cough up

  • couch
  • cough
  • cough mixture
  • cough up
  • could
  • could I borrow the car?
  • could I have some of that cheese?
(idiom) 
Definition
to give up (money or information)
I'll have to cough up $10,000 for repairs.
Synonyms
fork out
He'll have to fork out for private school fees.
deliver
He was led in handcuffs and delivered over to me.
hand over
surrender
come across (informal)
shell out (informal)
ante up (informal, mainly US)
See cough

Additional synonyms

in the sense of deliver
Definition
to hand over
He was led in handcuffs and delivered over to me.
Synonyms
hand over,
present,
commit,
give up,
yield,
surrender,
turn over,
relinquish,
make over

Nearby words of
cough up

  • cottage
  • couch
  • cough
  • cough up
  • council
  • counsel
  • count

Synonyms of 'cough up'

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