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。
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cough up (Slang) + H4 d n$ P& t& b' T- L2 K, W- Y3 J a$ K5 Z2 s$ i
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession " b! g, v' v2 X w& Z( s( R3 _1 ]* t! y3 p/ ?8 W) n
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.' y) O5 P+ X/ ~! o! C3 [9 b