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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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Available in three sizes and able to pump up to a 160 psi max pressure, the pump will be available in September.
Branagh's solution is to pump up the energy, joviality, and general friskiness.
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.
Ammerlaan hopes to pump up sufficient geothermal energy to provide itself and the surrounding businesses with renewable energy.
This hour, Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to work a crowd in Riverside, California, and try to pump up voter registration in the process.
Once caught in the ice, Tara won't be able to pump up seawater to desalinate it, so we had to device a low energy ice tank that can melt the ice.

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