pump up
verb
pumped up; pumping up; pumps up
1
a
: to fill with enthusiasm or excitement
b
: to fill with or as if with air : inflate
2
Examples of pump up in a Sentence
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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The president dropped by a retreat at his Doral golf club to sell the Iran war and pump up Republican lawmakers ahead of the midterm elections.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Scammers start out by buying shares of a cheap stock but then convince others to buy big, pumping up the stock's value so the scammers can then sell their shares for huge profits.
—Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
The brine could be pumped up, processed to remove lithium, and then returned to the subsurface.
—Leonardo MacElloni, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
That has added impetus to China’s push to pump up consumer spending, so the economy is less dependent on outside forces.
—Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Scammers start out by buying shares of a cheap stock but then convince others to buy big, pumping up the stock's value so the scammers can then sell their shares for huge profits.
—Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
The brine could be pumped up, processed to remove lithium, and then returned to the subsurface.
—Leonardo MacElloni, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
That has added impetus to China’s push to pump up consumer spending, so the economy is less dependent on outside forces.
—Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pump up
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“Pump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pump%20up. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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