1
as in to thrill
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of
the crowd was pumped up by the band's rocking performance
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2
as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number
that pop diva is trying to pump up album sales with an extended publicity tour
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In cities, water is typically pumped up to rooftop tanks, which feed the flow down to spigots via gravity.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Steph Curry has been pumping up the American table tennis team since the Olympics started.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
Some of this can be traced to the aftermath of the financial crash of 2008, the pandemic, and rising energy prices pumped up by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
Most of Netflix’s big rival streamers still aren’t profitable, and companies such as Disney have sacrificed much of the content firepower from their core businesses — profitable but declining TV networks — in order to pump up their direct-to-consumer offerings.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Steph Curry has been pumping up the American table tennis team since the Olympics started.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
Some of this can be traced to the aftermath of the financial crash of 2008, the pandemic, and rising energy prices pumped up by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
Most of Netflix’s big rival streamers still aren’t profitable, and companies such as Disney have sacrificed much of the content firepower from their core businesses — profitable but declining TV networks — in order to pump up their direct-to-consumer offerings.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
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“Pump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pump%20up. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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