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 arena announcer further pumps up the audience.
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Fizzy drinks, items sweetened with sugar alcohols, and booze can all pump up gas production too.
—Julia Ries Wexler, SELF, 6 Feb. 2026
That has pumped up revenue, including in the most recent quarter.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Proud Michigander Draymond Green should be pumped up for this one.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Fizzy drinks, items sweetened with sugar alcohols, and booze can all pump up gas production too.
—Julia Ries Wexler, SELF, 6 Feb. 2026
That has pumped up revenue, including in the most recent quarter.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Proud Michigander Draymond Green should be pumped up for this one.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Jan. 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 15 Feb. 2026.
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