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cough down

cough down verb: to drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately.

Verb

cough down (third-person singular simple present coughs down, present participle coughing down, simple past and past participle coughed down)

  1. (transitive) To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately.

Forms of cough down

third-person singular presentcoughs down
present participlecoughing down
past participlecoughed down
pastcoughed down

Questions about cough down

What does cough down mean?
Cough down means to drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately.
What part of speech is cough down?
Cough down is a verb.
What is the past tense of cough down?
The past tense of cough down is coughed down.

Words near cough down in the dictionary

  1. cough
  2. cough and a spit
  3. cough button
  4. cough buttons
  5. cough candy
  6. cough down
  7. cough drop
  8. cough drops
  9. cough lollies
  10. cough lolly
  11. cough medicine

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