as in to relinquish
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
finally got my brother to cough up the dough he owed me
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Recent Examples of cough up
Those are two of the three the Hawks have coughed up in the last eight games.
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Which means, for people who can’t wait 75 days to return to for-you-pages, coughing up a few hundred online for a secondhand phone might be the only answer for now.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
Against a Los Angeles Clippers team playing without nearly its entire rotation, the C’s coughed up a six-point lead in the final minute before hanging on to win in overtime.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2025
As a guy, I’m fascinated by how something like this can take off — women are coughing up thousands and thousands of dollars for these things.
—Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Which means, for people who can’t wait 75 days to return to for-you-pages, coughing up a few hundred online for a secondhand phone might be the only answer for now.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
Against a Los Angeles Clippers team playing without nearly its entire rotation, the C’s coughed up a six-point lead in the final minute before hanging on to win in overtime.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2025
As a guy, I’m fascinated by how something like this can take off — women are coughing up thousands and thousands of dollars for these things.
—Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cough up
Verb
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Washington relinquished control of the waterway to Panama on December 31, 1999, under a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Fifty-seven children have been relinquished under under safe haven laws in Connecticut since 2001, according to public testimony to the Committee on Children.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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Despite this frustrating flaw, the software can render a fairly accurate design for those who want an overhead landscape plan of their garden.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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Officers rendered medical aid to the victim, Jake Kennedy, and called 911, according to a news release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Mar. 2025
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The Nets also surrendered three straight 3-pointers to Vincent, Luka Doncic and Dalton Knecht over the final 2:29 of the third quarter.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2025
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After an hour, the man surrendered to police but bit an officer on the arm, police said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Mar. 2025
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Quizzed about his personal views on Stoltenberg’s versatile talent, Gulliksen points to his acute professionalism in preparing for meetings, conferences or public appearances, and his special relationship with words to deliver a speech in the least conflictual way.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Cough up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cough%20up. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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