cough up

1. (transitive)To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.

   He was coughing up blood.

   He was coughing up a lung.

   aushusten

   отка́шливатьotkášlivatʹ

2. To reluctantly or unwillingly give.

   (idiomatic, informal, transitive)Of money: to pay or disburse reluctantly.

   Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?

   herausrücken, blechen

   выкла́дыватьvykládyvatʹ, вы́ложить, раскоше́ливатьсяraskošélivatʹsja

   give reluctantly

3. (idiomatic, informal, transitive)Of other objects: to hand over, give.

4. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive, slang, transitive)To confess; to give up information.

5. (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.

6. (idiomatic, transitive)To spill, to fumble.

1. I coughed up blood.

   Я кашляв кров'ю. — deniko

   ruЯ кашлял кровью. — Balamax

   deIch hustete Blut. — Yorwba

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2. Tom has been coughing up blood.

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3. I saw Tom cough up blood.

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4. You'd better cough up the money, or else.

   ruЛучше раскошеливайся, а не то... — Ooneykcall

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5. Tom coughed up blood.

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irregular

• cough upTo expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
• cough outTo remove by coughing, especially figuratively, to say through coughs.
• cough downTo drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately.
• cough overTo give money or other valuables, usually reluctantly.