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I think coughing up slugs was quite hard. Ron has a scene where he has to cough up these giant slugs.
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Meaning of "cough up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COUGH UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUGH UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cough up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cough up in English.

WHAT DOES COUGH UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cough up in the English dictionary

The definition of cough up in the dictionary is to surrender, esp reluctantly. Other definition of cough up is to bring into the mouth or eject by coughing.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COUGH UP

PRESENT

Present
I cough up
you cough up
he/she/it coughs up
we cough up
you cough up
they cough up
Present continuous
I am coughing up
you are coughing up
he/she/it is coughing up
we are coughing up
you are coughing up
they are coughing up
Present perfect
I have coughed up
you have coughed up
he/she/it has coughed up
we have coughed up
you have coughed up
they have coughed up
Present perfect continuous
I have been coughing up
you have been coughing up
he/she/it has been coughing up
we have been coughing up
you have been coughing up
they have been coughing up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I coughed up
you coughed up
he/she/it coughed up
we coughed up
you coughed up
they coughed up
Past continuous
I was coughing up
you were coughing up
he/she/it was coughing up
we were coughing up
you were coughing up
they were coughing up
Past perfect
I had coughed up
you had coughed up
he/she/it had coughed up
we had coughed up
you had coughed up
they had coughed up
Past perfect continuous
I had been coughing up
you had been coughing up
he/she/it had been coughing up
we had been coughing up
you had been coughing up
they had been coughing up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will cough up
you will cough up
he/she/it will cough up
we will cough up
you will cough up
they will cough up
Future continuous
I will be coughing up
you will be coughing up
he/she/it will be coughing up
we will be coughing up
you will be coughing up
they will be coughing up
Future perfect
I will have coughed up
you will have coughed up
he/she/it will have coughed up
we will have coughed up
you will have coughed up
they will have coughed up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been coughing up
you will have been coughing up
he/she/it will have been coughing up
we will have been coughing up
you will have been coughing up
they will have been coughing up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would cough up
you would cough up
he/she/it would cough up
we would cough up
you would cough up
they would cough up
Conditional continuous
I would be coughing up
you would be coughing up
he/she/it would be coughing up
we would be coughing up
you would be coughing up
they would be coughing up
Conditional perfect
I would have cough up
you would have cough up
he/she/it would have cough up
we would have cough up
you would have cough up
they would have cough up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been coughing up
you would have been coughing up
he/she/it would have been coughing up
we would have been coughing up
you would have been coughing up
they would have been coughing up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you cough up
we let´s cough up
you cough up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to cough up
Past participle
coughed up
Present Participle
coughing up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUGH UP

couching
couchsurfing
cougan
cougar
cough
cough drop
cough medicine
cough mixture
cough sweet
cough syrup
cougher
coughing
could
could do with
could´ve
couldn´t
couldst
coulee
coulibiac
coulibiaca

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUGH UP

bash up
brush up
cash up
catch up
dish up
earth up
fetch up
high up
hush up
polish up
psych up
rough up
stitch up
touch up
wash up
weigh up

Synonyms and antonyms of cough up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COUGH UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cough up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cough up

Translation of «cough up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUGH UP

Find out the translation of cough up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cough up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cough up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

咳嗽了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

toser
570 millions of speakers

English

cough up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खाँसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السعال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кашлять
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tossir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাশি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cracher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

keluarkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

喀出する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기침
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Watuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khạc ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இருமல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोकला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sökülmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tossire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kaszel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кашляти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tuse sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φτύνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opdok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hosta upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoste opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cough up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUGH UP»

The term «cough up» is regularly used and occupies the 82.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUGH UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cough up

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «COUGH UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cough up.
1
Daniel Baldwin
I tell people, if you really want me to look that good, why don't you cough up about $2 million more and hire Alec or Billy? If you want me to do it, this is what you get.
2
Rupert Grint
I think coughing up slugs was quite hard. Ron has a scene where he has to cough up these giant slugs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUGH UP»

Discover the use of cough up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cough up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
What Nurses Know and Doctors Don't Have Time to Tell You
GET THEE TO THE ER You should take a ride to the ER if: • You cough up blood. • You cough up pink, frothy mucus. • You cough and you are also very short of breath. • You suddenly start coughing and think you have something stuck in your  ...
Pat Carroll, 2004
2
Smart Medicine for Healthier Living
You probably have a rattling cough due to a respiratory tract filled with thick mucus that is difficult to cough up. To loosen the congestion, take one dose of Antimonium tartaricum 30x or 9c, as directed on the product label, three times daily for ...
Janet Zand, Allan N. Spreen, James B. LaValle, 1999
3
100 Questions & Answers About Lung Cancer
... and because cough may be a symptom of a serious condition, it makes sense to seek medical attention for persistent cough. If at any time you cough up blood or see blood in your sputum (i.e., the mucus and other material that you cough up  ...
Karen Parles, Schiller, Amy Cipau, 2011
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100 Questions & Answers About Lung Cancer
... may be a symptom of a serious condition, it makes sense to seek medical attention for persistent cough. If at any time you cough up blood or see blood in your sputum (i.e., the mucus and other material that you cough up from your lungs), ...
Schiller Md, 2012
5
The Complete Book of Men's Health: The Definitive, ...
... cough up phlegm. Cough suppressants are medicines that can subdue your body's cough reflex. "Use suppressants when a cough becomes constant and upsetting," Dr. Ellner says. Did You Know? Asthma occurs most often before age 25.
Men's Health Books, 2000
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Ex cough up, 1, and the v.-2. See your cough's . . . cough, v.i., as in 'Did he cough ?' To confess: policemen's: since ca. 1910. (Lawrence Henderson, With Intent, 1968.) Ex gen. s. cough it up, to admit to something, to confess. Also cf. cough it.
Eric Partridge, 2006
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100 Questions & Answers About Lung Cancer
... be a symptom of a serious condition, it makes sense to seek medical attention for persistent cough. If at any time you cough up blood or see blood in your sputum (i.e., the mucus and other material that you cough up from your lungs), you ...
Parles, 2009
8
Untitled
"phrasal verbs cough sth up [M] to make something come out of your throat or lungs when you cough: Doctors were worried when she started to cough up blood. cough (sth) up [M] slang to produce money or informationunwillingly: I've just had ...
9
Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
2 vi, vt sep (si) to pay (money): / can't afford that dress ~ perhaps mother will cough up (the money) for it. could I km! j - neg short form couldn't ['kudnt] - modal aux 1 pro/ can: They asked if I could drive a car; She asked if she could go. 2 used to ...
10
Joey Green's Magic Health Remedies: 1,363 Quick-and-Easy ...
0 To help ease a cough, drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day to moisten mucus membranes. olaking a hot shower with plenty of steam or running a humidifier helps liquefy mucus trapped in your airways, making it easier to cough up ...
Joey Green, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUGH UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cough up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Watford will have to cough up £6million for Rudy Gestede as …
Watford have been told by Blackburn to cough up at least £6million for striker Rudy Gestede. Watford have spoken to Blackburn and Rovers ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Company car speeders to be forced to cough up
In future those caught speeding in a company car will no longer be able to hide behind the company that leased their employer the car if their ... «Expatica Belguim, Jul 15»
3
Floyd Mayweather stripped of welter-weight title because he refused …
Floyd Mayweather stripped of welter-weight title because he refused to cough up $200K. By Matt Finn. Published July 07, 2015. Fox News Latino. «Fox News Latino, Jul 15»
4
Mines Ministry To Cough Up Millions
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has in it ongoing review of the Auditor General's report on the Audit of Public Accounts for ... «Africa Young Voices, Jul 15»
5
Greece is Betting That Germany Will Cough Up to Keep Them in the …
You have to admire the Greeks. They certainly don't like getting pushed around and their history is replete with tales of derring-do in the face of ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
6
Mavericks cough up late lead in Swift
The Medicine Hat Mavericks found themselves on the wrong end of a late-innings rally Friday in Swift Current against the Indians. «Medicine Hat News, Jul 15»
7
BP to cough up $2.3 billion to Alabama: Nothing to sneeze at ... or …
JD Crowe is the statewide cartoonist for the Alabama Media Group. His work is published in the newspaper on Sundays, Wednesdays and ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
8
Smokers Cough Up $2 million In Fines
A total of $2,094,704.25 has been collected by the National Tobacco Control Enforcement Unit over the past five years. This was revealed by ... «Fiji Sun Online, Jul 15»
9
Feds want Novartis to cough up $3.4B in damages, fines in kickback …
Kickback allegations against Novartis ($NVS) just got scarier. After years of investigating the Swiss drugmaker, the Justice Department and 11 ... «FiercePharma, Jul 15»
10
Dublin publican to cough up €1000 for customer who smoked inside
Dublin publican to cough up €1,000 for customer who smoked inside. Tuesday 30th June 2015. ○ CourtsBy Tom Tuite. The publican was fined after a man was ... «Sunday World, Jun 15»

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