| 单词 | cough up |
| 释义 | cough upSEE SYNONYMS FOR cough up ON THESAURUS.COM verb (adverb)informal to surrender (money, information, etc), esp reluctantly (tr) to bring into the mouth or eject (phlegm, food, etc) by coughing Words nearby cough upcough drop, Coughlin, cough mixture, cough reflex, cough syrup, cough up, could, couldn't, couldn't care less, couldst, coulee Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with cough upcough up Hand over or relinquish, especially money; pay up. For example, It's time the delinquent members coughed up their dues. [Slang; late 1800s] Confess or divulge, as in Pretty soon she'd cough up the whole story about last night. This idiom transfers the act of vomiting to telling the entire truth. [Slang; late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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