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。
* j% m: @; }) H! R3 Tcough up (Slang) 5 e" R+ L" W0 [$ P @. s; h& Y& n, i: V& L( u0 I8 c
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession 6 f4 `. P) f0 V. U
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eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. . ^. ^- S4 m6 B$ Y+ }6 E1 ?1 p6 J% B t