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What does pump up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pump up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To inflate by means of a pump.
  2. (transitive) To inflate with a pumping action.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To excite a person or group to a frenzy.
  4. (intransitive, bodybuilding) To cause one's muscles to swell by means of focussed weightlifting.
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Romantic relationships become just another way for them to pump up their own self-image.
One old man with an almost threadbare pate and the thinnest of comb-overs even stopped to pump up his volume and then smile at the result.
That ideologues can pump up small things and make them seem all-important is very old news.
Because many companies rely on stock options to pump up earnings, she takes a hard look at how the cost of options and their dilution to shareholders decrease the bottom line.
They are free to pursue or abandon any investing strategy they want, including the use of leverage to pump up investment returns.
He majorette-pranced onto fields while windmilling his arms to pump up the crowd.

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