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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Soucy respected Miller for trying to pump up his team.
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Gamestop Gamestop has their Switch 2 landing page up as well, if you're still invested in the meme stock and want to pump up the valuation a bit.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Tariffs and a recession have allowed gold to shine - with central banks like China's central bank shifting to buying gold to hedge itself from US dollar dominance and tariffs pumping up gold prices within the United States.
—Roger Huang, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Some regulations Congress should roll back include restrictions on tankless gas water heaters, rules that are pumping up the current housing bubble, and a waiver allowing California to mandate consumers purchase EVs.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Gamestop Gamestop has their Switch 2 landing page up as well, if you're still invested in the meme stock and want to pump up the valuation a bit.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Tariffs and a recession have allowed gold to shine - with central banks like China's central bank shifting to buying gold to hedge itself from US dollar dominance and tariffs pumping up gold prices within the United States.
—Roger Huang, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Some regulations Congress should roll back include restrictions on tankless gas water heaters, rules that are pumping up the current housing bubble, and a waiver allowing California to mandate consumers purchase EVs.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
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 14 Apr. 2025.
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