pump up

English

Verb

pump up (third-person singular simple present pumps up, present participle pumping up, simple past and past participle pumped up)

(transitive) To inflate by means of a pump.
(transitive) To inflate with a pumping action.
(transitive, figuratively) To excite a person or group to a frenzy.
(intransitive, bodybuilding) To cause one's muscles to swell by means of focussed weightlifting.

Translations

to inflate by means of a pump

Finnish: pumpata (fi)
German: aufpumpen

Hungarian: felpumpál (hu)
Portuguese: bombear (pt)

to inflate with a pumping action

Finnish: pumpata (fi)
German: aufpumpen

Hungarian: felpumpál (hu)
Portuguese: bombear (pt)

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