"cough down" meaning in All languages combined

See cough down on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: coughs down [present, singular, third-person], coughing down [participle, present], coughed down [participle, past], coughed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cough down (third-person singular simple present coughs down, present participle coughing down, simple past and past participle coughed down)
  1. (transitive) To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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    },
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coughed down",
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        "To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
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          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "cough",
          "cough"
        ],
        [
          "deliberately",
          "deliberately"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coughed down",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coughed down",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "cough",
          "cough"
        ],
        [
          "deliberately",
          "deliberately"
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        "(transitive) To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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