pump iron

phrase

: to lift weights

Examples of pump iron in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For several years in the 2010s, the team lacked an indoor weight room at Tempe Diablo Stadium, so players pumped iron in the parking lot. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

In his post, Bennett shared a video of himself pumping iron while building his physique, presumably for his General Hospital scenes. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for pump iron

• flatiron
• gridiron