cough up а) coll. отхаркивать Jane has just coughed up a fishbone. б) coll. сболтнуть, проболтаться выдать что-л. See if you can make the prisoner cough up the names of his companions. в) coll. признавать свою вину After hours of questioning, the prisoner coughed up and admitted that he had stolen the jewels.
