expectorate

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verb

1. clear out the chest and lungs
- This drug expectorates quickly
• Syn:
clear out, drive out
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
• Syn:
cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
• Derivationally related forms:
expectoration, expectorator
• Hypernyms:
exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
• Hyponyms:
cough, spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew,
spue, splutter, sputter, spit out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out, clear out, drive out