1. Clear out the chest and lungs
   "This drug expectorates quickly"
   - clear out, drive out 
2. Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
   - cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out

Derived forms: expectorated, expectorates, expectorating

See also: expectoration, expectorator

Type of: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release, remove, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Expectorate

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