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See definition of cough up on Dictionary.com
  • as indisburse
  • as indivulge
  • as inpay
  • as inpuke
  • as inrecompense
  • as inspend

synonyms for cough up

  • contribute
  • dispense
  • distribute
  • expend
  • pony up
  • acquit
  • deal
  • defray
  • disperse
  • divide
  • give
  • partition
  • use
  • ante up
  • come across
  • come through
  • come up with
  • divvy
  • dole out
  • foot the bill
  • lay out
  • measure out
  • outlay
  • pay out
  • put out
  • shell out
On this page you'll find 283 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cough up, such as: contribute, dispense, distribute, expend, pony up, and acquit.

antonyms for cough up

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  • hold
  • keep
  • take
  • attach
  • collect
  • combine
  • gather
  • join
  • unite
  • deposit
  • hoard
  • retain
  • save
  • set aside
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    How to use cough up in a sentence

    Th' hide iv th' pauperized kine iv Europe will have to cough up at th' custom house befure they can be convarted into brogans.
    MR. DOOLEY SAYSFINLEY DUNNE
    If you don't want me to hand you trouble by the bushel, you'd better cough up that little dwarf.
    THE SECRET OF THE STORM COUNTRYGRACE MILLER WHITE
    Cough up all your spare coin, Joe, and see these little beggars dive for it.
    BASEBALL JOE AROUND THE WORLDLESTER CHADWICK
    In this business ye got to cough up yer whole soul jus' to get a lump (hand-out).
    NOTES OF AN ITINERANT POLICEMANJOSIAH FLYNT
    I see through their game—to steal the poor lad from his mother's arms, an' make the old man cough up the dough.
    THE LONG PATROLH. A. CODY
    When that old cuss knows it's either the money or his child's life he'll cough up the dough quicker than h—.
    THE LONG PATROLH. A. CODY
    He's a dangerous young thug, and he's taken an oath to kill me unless I cough up a lot of cash to him.
    FRANK MERRIWELL'S PURSUITBURT L. STANDISH
    And besides, said Chet, slily, Laura is trying to rope in the old Colonel and make him cough up for the girls athletic field.
    THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGHGERTRUDE W. MORRISON
    Let's make the fellers cough up furst, an' then, if we think best, we kin hang 'em afterwards.
    THE DEVIL'S OWNRANDALL PARRISH
    We didn't cough up two dollars to listen to a sermon; we came to be rested.
    THE LIGHT OF THE STARHAMLIN GARLAND
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    OCTOBER 26, 1985
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    WORDS RELATED TO COUGH UP

    • acquit
    • ante up
    • come across
    • come through
    • come up with
    • contribute
    • cough up
    • deal
    • defray
    • dispense
    • disperse
    • distribute
    • divide
    • divvy
    • dole out
    • expend
    • foot the bill
    • give
    • lay out
    • measure out
    • outlay
    • partition
    • pay out
    • pony up
    • put out
    • shell out
    • use
    Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.