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air up
transitive verb
Definition of air up
informal
: to inflate or fill (something) with air We aired up the tires, gassed up the tanks, and drove on out of Monroe at noon. — John Dufresne, Requiem, Mass., 2008
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First Known Use of air up
1940
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