认识一个当地人,由于好久不见了,于是发短信问她的近况,并说了自己的近况,还说等天气好点一起见面聊聊之类的。她给我回复说“Sounds like we have a lot of coughing up to do. " 我大概能猜出来是说“我们到时可以好好聊聊说说之类的。”但又不确定,查字典coughing up 一般都是“咳嗽,勉强拿出” 的意思。请英语高手为我解答,什么叫coughing up to do. 非常感谢。
5 i2 A5 z! w4 ^4 Rcough up (Slang) , }6 Q2 F0 [9 H- \) z( q P }$ ? [. i' J! f" u5 b( n+ M# Hto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession 4 A u$ p0 G& w& Z
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eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.2 w* U4 S" v$ q9 B- |8 E