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coughing out

coughing out is the present participle and gerund of cough out.

Meaning of cough out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To remove by coughing, especially figuratively, to say through coughs.
    • He coughed out blood.
  2. (especially, transitive) To give (money) to someone.
    • Eventually the machine coughed out the money.

Questions about coughing out

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

Words near coughing out in the dictionary

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

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