119 Cough up
(PW) give money unwillingly, give up a secret
You said that you would help pay for their wedding. Well, it’s been three months – cough it up.
(free)
1. to get something out of the body by coughing. She coughed some matter up and took some more medicine. She coughed up phlegm all night.
2. Euph. to vomit something. The dog coughed the rabbit up. The dog coughed up the food it had eaten.
3. Sl. to produce or present something, such as an amount of money. You will cough the money up, won't you? You had better cough up what you owe me, if you know what's good for you.
(die.net) v
1: give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition" [syn: pony up, spit up]
2: discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs [syn: expectorate, cough out, spit up, spit out]
(answers)
1. Hand over or relinquish, especially money; pay up.
It's time the delinquent members coughed up their dues. [Slang; late 1800s]
2. Confess or divulge, as in Pretty soon she'd cough up the whole story about last night. This idiom transfers the act of vomiting to telling the entire truth. [Slang; late 1800s]
