pump out
phrasal verb
pumped out; pumping out; pumps out
informal
: to produce (something) quickly and frequently
The author pumps out a book every year.
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Snowmaking machines were busy pumping out snow for weeks.
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
The administration’s official social-media feeds pump out far-right xenophobic memes and celebrate deportations with ASMR videos of undocumented immigrants in shackles.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
During the dry season, the river is supposed to be pumped out of the channel in its entirety and sent to the coast, 6 miles south of the border.
—Doug Liden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
The administration’s official social-media feeds pump out far-right xenophobic memes and celebrate deportations with ASMR videos of undocumented immigrants in shackles.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
During the dry season, the river is supposed to be pumped out of the channel in its entirety and sent to the coast, 6 miles south of the border.
—Doug Liden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pump out
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“Pump out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pump%20out. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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