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verb clear out the chest and lungs
verb discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
originFrom Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorō (“(only figurative) banish from the mind; (post-classical) expel from the breast)”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”).
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