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单词 coughs up
释义

cough up

verb

coughed up; coughing up; coughs up

transitive verb

1
: hand over, deliver
cough up the money
2
: to lose possession of (a ball or puck) during a game
the quarterback coughed up the ball

Synonyms

  • cede
  • deliver
  • give up
  • hand over
  • lay down
  • relinquish
  • render
  • surrender
  • turn in
  • turn over
  • yield
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Example Sentences

finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1

coughs up

verb

present tense third-person singular of cough up
as in relinquishes
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • relinquishes
  • renders
  • turns in
  • surrenders
  • lays down
  • delivers
  • hands over
  • turns over
  • yields
  • transfers
  • intrusts
  • cedes
  • resigns
  • abandons
  • gives up
  • releases
  • entrusts
  • commits
  • discards
  • forfeits
  • waives
  • renounces
  • consigns
  • deserts
  • abnegates
  • sheds
  • forsakes
  • parts (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • retains
  • keeps
  • withholds
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