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1
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of
- the crowd was pumped up by the band's rocking performance
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2
to make greater in size, amount, or number
- that pop diva is trying to pump up album sales with an extended publicity tour
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- bump (up),
- ratchet (up)
- also rachet (up)
- beef (up),
- reinforce
- (also reenforce),
- strengthen
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“Pump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pump%20up. Accessed 7 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of pump up was in 1791
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