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coughed down

coughed down is the simple past and past participle of cough down.

Meaning of cough down

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.

Questions about coughed down

What is coughed down the simple past and past participle of?
Coughed down is the simple past and past participle of cough down.

Words near coughed down in the dictionary

  1. cough-syrupy
  2. coughbush
  3. coughdrop
  4. coughdrops
  5. coughed
  6. coughed down
  7. coughed out
  8. coughed over
  9. coughed up
  10. coughee
  11. coughees

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