Usually means: Expelling substances from the lungs.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. coughing up: Merriam-Webster
  2. coughing up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. coughing up: Vocabulary.com
  4. coughing up: Wiktionary
  5. coughing up: Dictionary.com
  6. coughing up: Rhymezone
  7. coughing up: FreeDictionary.org
  8. coughing up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. coughing up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coughing up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coughing up: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coughing up: Idioms

Definitions from WordNet (coughing up)

noun:  the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing

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