1PHRASAL VERB (常指勉强地)支付,给予(钱) If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to. (常指勉强地)支付,给予(钱) [informal] [Also VP n + for]
I'll have to cough up $10,000 a year for tuition. [VERBPREP. + for]
我每年将不得不付1万美元的学费。
Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up? [VERBPREP.]