English Dictionary

cough up

動詞

慣用表現 くだけた表現 前置詞句 他動詞 その他の対象

to expel from the lungs, throat, etc. by coughing / (of money) to pay, disburse / (of other objects) to hand over, give.

日本語の意味

咳によって（肺や喉から）吐き出す / （お金が）払われる、支払う / その他の物を差し出す、引き渡す

After biking in the cold, he started to cough up thick mucus and had to go home.

寒い中を自転車で走った後、彼は咳で濃い痰を出し始め、家に帰らなければならなかった。

意味（1）

to expel from the lungs, throat, etc. by coughing

He was coughing up blood.

意味（2）

(of money) to pay, disburse

Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?

意味（3）

(of other objects) to hand over, give.

Anyhow, you go and cough it up and then we shall see.

意味（4）

(idiomatic) to lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest

That team had the game won, but they coughed it up in the end.

意味（5）

(transitive, idiomatic) To spill, to fumble

England had never before come back to win from a margin of more than 12 points, and the errors continued to come thick and fast as Tom Croft became the latest to cough up the ball.

coughs up （ present singular third-person ）

coughing up （ participle present ）

coughed up （ participle past ）

coughed up （ past ）