1cough up
To expel from the lungs, throat, etc. by coughing.
He was coughing up blood.
2cough up
to give up something
Do you think he'll cough up the cash he owes me?
3cough up
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.
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sökülmek
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