cough up

Definition of Cough Up in English :

1. cough up, pony up, spit up

give reluctantly

Example Sentences:
'He coughed up some money for his children's tuition'

discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cough Up

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

1.

to bring up or eject (phlegm, food, etc.) by coughing

2. US, Slang

to hand over (money or the like)

v. coughed, cough·ing, coughs

v.intr.

1. To expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to keep the respiratory passages free of irritating material.

2. To make a noise similar to noisy expulsion of air from the lungs: The engine coughed and died.

v.tr.

To expel by coughing: coughed up phlegm.

n.

1. The act of coughing.

2. An illness marked by frequent coughing.