pump up

verb

pumped up; pumping up; pumps up

Definition of pump up

transitive verb

1a : to fill with enthusiasm or excitement

b : to fill with or as if with air : inflate

2 : increase sense 1

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the crowd was pumped up by the band's rocking performance that pop diva is trying to pump up album sales with an extended publicity tour

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pump (someone or something) full of (something)

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The first known use of pump up was in 1791

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