cough

/kɒf/ verb

Definition

B1 to make air come out of your throat with a short sound: Paul has been coughing and sneezing all day.

(Definition of cough verb from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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