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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Dumb Money Year: 2023 Runtime: 1h 45m Director: Craig Gillespie
Remember the GameStop short of a few years ago, when day traders pumped up the cost of the stock and Wall Street lost its mind?
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
The throbbing beats bang up against the high-speed back-and-forth of the matches, pumping up the action — and the emotional stakes — with frantic rhythms rather than conventional sports-movie melodrama.
—Alan Light, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
The water — being pumped up a steep grade — eventually reached the Guilford Reservoir on Cold Spring Lane.
—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
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
The throbbing beats bang up against the high-speed back-and-forth of the matches, pumping up the action — and the emotional stakes — with frantic rhythms rather than conventional sports-movie melodrama.
—Alan Light, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
The water — being pumped up a steep grade — eventually reached the Guilford Reservoir on Cold Spring Lane.
—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
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 28 Feb. 2025.
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