cough up

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Verb

cough up

1. to expel from the lungs, throat, etc. by coughing

   He was coughing up blood.

2. (idiomatic, transitive, informal) to reluctantly or unwillingly give
   1. of money to pay, disburse

      Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?

   2. of other objects to hand over, give
      • 2013, The Big Bang Theory, season 6, episode 14:

        Cough it up, Cooper.

3. (idiomatic) to lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest

   That team had the game won, but they coughed it up in the end.

4. (transitive, idiomatic) To spill, to fumble

Synonyms

• (to pay money (reluctantly)) shell out, fork out, fork over

Translations

• French: cracher
• German: aushusten
• Russian: отка́шливать
• Spanish: expectorar

Translations

• French: cracher, lâcher
• German: herausrücken, blechen
• Russian: выкла́дывать

Translations

• French: se planter

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