hack up
Example Sentences
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They proceeded to hack up an entire tree that we planned to remove and left huge sections of trunk and limbs that blocked our home’s water main and public fire hydrant.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2022
You can’t go wrong with Limardo’s chicken, which an employee will hack up to your desired portion size and meat preference.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2018
Until then, MailTags, a third-party Mail plugin, offers this functionality, if you’ll hack up $30 for it.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2014
He told me that he thought that they were going to hack up coming out of the dip, but that the horse started to prick his ears and look about him up the hill.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2010
I let go of Elliot, who I’d held on to more for my own benefit than for his, and put my hands on my knees so I could hack up a mud-caked lung.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
