pump out

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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In shallow areas, the ship pumps out ballast to decrease its draft. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026 Communities and farmers were pumping out more groundwater than nature could replenish. Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Marija is an executive at a company that pumps out short-form video slop. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026 By 1981 its first chip fabrication plant was up and running there, pumping out general-purpose memory chips known as DRAM. Cj Haddad,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 20 Aug. 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 25 Aug. 2026.

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