Question

In each question, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways, labeled A to E. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
COUGH

• A. To get admission to a reputed institution is one facet, to cough up the fee is another.
• B. The guard whistled and the engine was about to cough, when we boarded the train.
• C. The candidate gave a little cough to attract the manager’s attention.
• D. In this video for "Cough Up the Bucks," Neil Young wonders about how the economy could have tanked so hard from the back of a limo.
• E. When the patient was about to cough on to the bed, the nurse brought a pan.

Answer 1

The correct option is E When the patient was about to cough on to the bed, the nurse brought a pan.

Cough, in relation to an engine, is to make a sudden harsh sound. There is no expression as ‘cough on to’. When you ‘cough up’ or ‘cough something up’ you are forced to give something,especially money, unwillingly.

option E