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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This will pump up the humidity again and bring the threat for strong/severe evening storms.
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Bill Kelly, CBS News, 12 June 2026
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Many of my fellow viewers enthusiastically embraced the role of wrestling fans and behaved as if at a WWE match, audibly pumping up the hero and booing her opponents.
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Fars and the Iranian government are also likely pumping up the Starlink threat for propaganda purposes amid escalating tensions.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
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Bill Kelly, CBS News, 12 June 2026
An available $14,600 titanium exhaust system from the supplier Akrapovič pumps up the volume.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
Many of my fellow viewers enthusiastically embraced the role of wrestling fans and behaved as if at a WWE match, audibly pumping up the hero and booing her opponents.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Fars and the Iranian government are also likely pumping up the Starlink threat for propaganda purposes amid escalating tensions.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 June 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 17 Jun. 2026.
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