cough out

Meanings

verbcough out (third-person singular simple present coughs out, present participle coughing out, simple past and past participle coughed out)

present singular third person coughs out · participle present coughing out · participle past coughed out · past coughed out

transitiveTo remove by coughing, especially figuratively, to say through coughs.
He coughed out blood.
1 more example
"I'm okay," he coughed out.
especiallytransitiveTo give (money) to someone.
Eventually the machine coughed out the money.

verbdischarge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

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