(idiomatic) To lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest.
(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.
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and if they dont want to cough up the few hundred, they can use the lightening ones with a string for $15.
“and if they dont want to cough up the few hundred, they can use the lightening ones with a string for $15.”
(transitive) To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
He was coughing up blood.
(idiomatic, transitive, informal) To reluctantly or unwillingly give.
He was coughing up a lung.