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
Synonyms
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 water — being pumped up a steep grade — eventually reached the Guilford Reservoir on Cold Spring Lane.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
During the testing, Vast pumped up the pressure inside the structure to 1.8 times its normal level and conducted a leak test.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
As for Grammy nominee’s makeup, Deenihan used all Covergirl products to pump up the glam.
—Nana Regueiro, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
Gravity draws the water down into faucets, pools and hydrants below, and then the tanks are refilled with water pumped up from the city’s pipelines.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
During the testing, Vast pumped up the pressure inside the structure to 1.8 times its normal level and conducted a leak test.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
As for Grammy nominee’s makeup, Deenihan used all Covergirl products to pump up the glam.
—Nana Regueiro, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
Gravity draws the water down into faucets, pools and hydrants below, and then the tanks are refilled with water pumped up from the city’s pipelines.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Pump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pump%20up. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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