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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The view is fine thanks to the LG Ultrafine, a 27-inch 4K monitor that pumps up the pixel density.
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PC Magazine, 12 July 2025
At Akins Ford in Winder, Georgia, located about 60 miles northeast of Atlanta, the campaign pumped up second quarter sales by 11%, most of which were new customers turning in imports and other brands, to buy Ford SUVs and pickups, owner Brad Akins said.
—Jamie L. Lareau, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2025
Instead, the president and his frenzied lickspittles pumped up the volume.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025
And pumping up the intensity of that walk can stretch its benefits: A 2022 study found that notching more high-key exercise (not just more movement in general)—for instance, doing a brisk 7-minute walk versus a 14-minute saunter—is linked with lower heart disease risk.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 12 July 2025
At Akins Ford in Winder, Georgia, located about 60 miles northeast of Atlanta, the campaign pumped up second quarter sales by 11%, most of which were new customers turning in imports and other brands, to buy Ford SUVs and pickups, owner Brad Akins said.
—Jamie L. Lareau, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2025
Instead, the president and his frenzied lickspittles pumped up the volume.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025
And pumping up the intensity of that walk can stretch its benefits: A 2022 study found that notching more high-key exercise (not just more movement in general)—for instance, doing a brisk 7-minute walk versus a 14-minute saunter—is linked with lower heart disease risk.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 June 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 19 Jul. 2025.
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