cough up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
To reluctantly or unwillingly give.
Of money: to pay or disburse reluctantly.
Of other objects: to hand over, give.
To confess; to give up information.
To lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest.
To spill, to fumble.

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From Middle English coughen up, equivalent to cough + up. Sense 2.1 was perhaps influenced by coffers of money.

shell out fork out fork over

expectorate

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