pump out
phrasal 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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Several other brands make totally competent racks, but none are as unique, well made, thoroughly designed, or beautiful as what 1UP constantly pumps out.
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Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 20 Jan. 2025
Prominent figures, including President-elect Donald Trump, said policies related to the endangered Delta smelt affect how much water can be pumped out of the fish’s habitat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Lands such as these are certainly not worth permanently scarring in order to pump out more and more fossil fuels.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
That is because scientists have been scratching their heads about how early galaxies grew to contain stellar populations large enough to pump out so much light when the 13.8 billion-year-old cosmos was no more than 12% of its current age.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 20 Jan. 2025
Prominent figures, including President-elect Donald Trump, said policies related to the endangered Delta smelt affect how much water can be pumped out of the fish’s habitat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Lands such as these are certainly not worth permanently scarring in order to pump out more and more fossil fuels.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
That is because scientists have been scratching their heads about how early galaxies grew to contain stellar populations large enough to pump out so much light when the 13.8 billion-year-old cosmos was no more than 12% of its current age.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Pump out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pump%20out. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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