cough out

Questions about cough out

What does cough out mean?

cough out means "discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth".

What is another word for cough out?

Close synonyms include expectorate, cough up, spit up, spit out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cough out a common word?

cough out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.