"cough down" meaning in English

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Verb

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
    Sense id: en-cough_down-en-verb-cKHJibxK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down)

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        "(transitive) To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately."
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