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cough up
verb
- informal.to surrender (money, information, etc), esp reluctantly
- tr to bring into the mouth or eject (phlegm, food, etc) by coughing
Example Sentences
Some cough up preposterous jury awards, while others lay bare the egregious failures of the criminal justice system.
And every one of them seems to cough up the same anecdotes on the sprightly blonde.
Nonetheless, I still had to cough up $1,300 a month with a $5,000 deductible for the two of us.
But Verizon caught on and made him cough up the money anyway.
These are often friends, family members, colleagues, clients—just about anyone who will cough up dough for a campaign.
Th' hide iv th' pauperized kine iv Europe will have to cough up at th' custom house befure they can be convarted into brogans.
If you don't want me to hand you trouble by the bushel, you'd better cough up that little dwarf.
Cough up all your spare coin, Joe, and see these little beggars dive for it.
In this business ye got to cough up yer whole soul jus' to get a lump (hand-out).
I see through their game—to steal the poor lad from his mother's arms, an' make the old man cough up the dough.
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