same as cough
to admit something, or to give information about something that you would prefer that other people did not know
to give money to pay for something, especially when you would prefer not to
As a result, you might end up coughing up more in tax than you claimed for the office in the first place.
Come on, cough up, it’s your turn to pay.
He was coughing up blood.
He was eventually forced to cough up details of the crime.
He went to bed and coughed up blood.
I had to cough up for the medical bills.
In the good times, tolerant taxpayers coughed up in the expectation of better services.
Shareholders must also be confident that all other shareholders will cough up at least 10 billion.
She must cough up unpaid rent for the last quarter after he won a county court judgment yesterday.
So the management duly agreed to cough up for a new one.
They should cough up for the repairs.
Why had he coughed up that sum?
coughs up
coughing up
coughed up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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