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coughing over

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

Meaning of cough over

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive) To give money or other valuables, usually reluctantly.
    • Eventually, he'll cough over the money he owes.

Questions about coughing over

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

Words near coughing over in the dictionary

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

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