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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Apart from having problems at right-back, with both Trent Alexander-Arnold and Conor Bradley expected to be missing through injury, Liverpool are pumped up and ready.
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Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Street gangs were more organized and focused on drug trafficking, which led to many takedowns where dozens of defendants would be charged, pumping up the number of prosecutions.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Even a snarky Come Dine with Me-style voiceover would pump up the jam (literally and figuratively).
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
But in the meantime, Trump’s words alone can pump up the price, raising even more concerns about his and his administration’s potential conflicts of interest.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
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Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Street gangs were more organized and focused on drug trafficking, which led to many takedowns where dozens of defendants would be charged, pumping up the number of prosecutions.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Even a snarky Come Dine with Me-style voiceover would pump up the jam (literally and figuratively).
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
But in the meantime, Trump’s words alone can pump up the price, raising even more concerns about his and his administration’s potential conflicts of interest.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 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 22 Mar. 2025.
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