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