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coughs out

coughs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 coughs out

What is coughs out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Coughs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cough out.

Words near coughs out in the dictionary

  1. Coughlins
  2. Coughran
  3. Coughrans
  4. coughs
  5. coughs down
  6. coughs out
  7. coughs over
  8. coughs up
  9. cought
  10. Coughtrey
  11. Coughtreys

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