phlegm · money · reluctant · surrender · wheeze · expel · hand over · shell out · pony up · admit · confess · splutter · ransom · debt · sputter · gag · choke · produce
cough it upclam up
Abruptly stop speaking
keep quiet · hold back · keep mum · keep secret · hold your tongue
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Related — spit (Expelled mouth moisture); pay (Wages for work); fork over (Pay reluctantly); cough · hack · phlegm · money · reluctant · surrender · wheeze · expel · hand over · shell out
willingness to give/paycough it up ≠ hold onto Keep in one's grasp; keep · withhold · hoard · welch · renege
concealment vs. revelationcough it up ≠ clam up Abruptly stop speaking; keep quiet · hold back · keep mum · keep secret · hold your tongue
acquisition vs. relinquishmentcough it up ≠ pocket Fabric compartment in clothing; take in · collect · rake in · accumulate · amass
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/cough_it_up