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coughing down

coughing down is the present participle and gerund 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 coughing down

What is coughing down the present participle and gerund of?
Coughing down is the present participle and gerund of cough down.

Words near coughing down in the dictionary

  1. coughers
  2. coughest
  3. cougheth
  4. coughin'
  5. coughing
  6. coughing down
  7. coughing out
  8. coughing over
  9. coughing up
  10. coughingly
  11. coughings

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