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Synonyms for cough up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : kawf, kof |
Phonetic Transcription : kɔf, kɒf |
Top 10 synonyms for cough up Other synonyms for the word cough up
- absorb
- acquit
- adjust
- ante up
- apply
- atone
- atone for
- balance
- barf
- be sick
- bear the cost
- bear the expense
- bequeath
- bestow
- betray
- blow
- blow the whistle
- bring up
- broadcast
- cast away
- chip in
- chunder
- clear
- come across
- come through
- come up with
- comp
- confer
- cough up
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- countervail
- deal
- declare
- defray
- deplete
- dig up
- discharge
- discover
- dispense
- disperse
- dissipate
- distribute
- divide
- divvy
- do business
- do the technicolor yawn
- dole out
- donate
- drain
- drop
- employ
- empty
- equalize
- evote
- exhaust
- exhibit
- expend
- expiate
- expose
- extend
- fess up
- fix
- foot
- foot the bill
- fritter
- gag
- get sick
- give
- give away
- give satisfaction
- go public
- gossip
- grant
- grease
- hand out
- hand over
- handle
- heave
- honor
- hurl
- impart
- indemnify
- invest
- kick in
- lavish
- lay out
- leak
- let hair down
- let slip
- liquidate
- make amends
- make good
- make payment
- make up for
- measure out
- meet
- misspend
- mouth
- offer
- offset
- open up
- outlay
- overcompensate
- own up
- partition
- pay
- pay down
- pay for
- pay out
- pay up
- plunk down
- pony up
- prepay
- present
- proclaim
- proffer
- promulgate
- propitiate
- publish
- put in
- put out
- put up
- reciprocate
- recompense
- recoup
- recover
- redress
- refund
- regurgitate
- reimburse
- remit
- remunerate
- render
- repay
- requite
- retaliate
- retch
- retrieve
- return
- reveal
- reward
- run through
- satisfy
- settle
- shell out
- spew
- spill
- spill the beans
- spit up
- spring
- spring for
- squander
- square
- stake
- sweeten the pot
- swing for
- take care of
- tattle
- tell
- throw away
- throw up
- tip off
- toss one's cookies
- uncover
- upchuck
- use
- use up
- waste
Définition of cough up
Origin :- early 14c., coughen, probably in Old English, but not recorded, from Proto-Germanic *kokh- (with the rough "kh" of German or of Scottish loch; cf. Middle Dutch kochen, Middle High German kuchen). Onomatopoeic. Related: Coughed; coughing. As a noun from c.1300.
- As in pay : verb give money for goods, services
- As in puke : verb vomit
- As in recompense : verb pay back, make restitution
- As in spend : verb give, pay out
- As in disburse : verb spend money
- As in divulge : verb make known; confess
- We get together most every night in his room, and I has to cough up what I've got next to durin' the day.
- Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- He stopped his rush and began to cough up blood from a pierced lung.
- Extract from : « B. C. 30,000 » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- Nothing but Yanks or Tommies could cough up a roar like that, believe me.
- Extract from : « To Kiel in the 'Hercules' » by Lewis R. Freeman
- Shipley will have to cough up the stolen money, too, because then the conspiracy will be proven.
- Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser
- Live ones, I mean, that cough up their little dues every month.
- Extract from : « Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford » by George Randolph Chester
- But he had to cough up more water before he could tell them.
- Extract from : « Caves of Terror » by Talbot Mundy
- Did he not know at the time that his man Cortelyou was holding up the trusts for all they would "cough up" for his election?
- Extract from : « Labor and Freedom » by Eugene V. Debs
- Weak in the chest he was, and when we were driving her lively he used to cough up blood.
- Extract from : « A Damaged Reputation » by Harold Bindloss
- But before we cough up the ghost it behooves us to strike one last blow at the hated paleface.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell at Yale » by Burt L. Standish
- Tom says he will cough up and buy the things Jack needs to start, if the little money Jack's father left him ain't enough.
- Extract from : « Living Up to Billy » by Elizabeth Cooper
Antonyms for cough up
- attach
- be lazy
- build
- collect
- combine
- conceal
- confuse
- cover
- deny
- deposit
- deprive
- dishonor
- disproportion
- dissatisfy
- dissuade
- earn
- fail
- fill
- gather
- get
- hide
- hoard
- hold
- join
- keep
- lose
- neglect
- penalize
- protect
- receive
- refuse
- retain
- save
- secrete
- seize
- set aside
- shun
- suppress
- take
- take away
- take back
- unite
- upset
- withhold
- worsen
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