Athletes can take drugs to pump themselves up, but there are huge risks involved.
Everett hopes the new products will pump up corporate sales.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
pump someone up — pump (someone) up to make someone very interested or enthusiastic. Our coach talks with every team member before a game, offering advice and trying to pump them up. Taylor s band came out and pumped up the crowd … New idioms dictionary
pump someone or something full of something — pump (someone or something) full of (something) : to fill (someone or something) with (something) by using a pump They pumped the balloon full of helium. often used figuratively He pulled out a gun and threatened to pump them full of bullets/lead … Useful english dictionary
pump someone's stomach — pump someone’s stomach phrase to empty someone’s stomach using a piece of medical equipment called a stomach pump Thesaurus: to perform a medical test, treatment or operationhyponym Main entry: pump … Useful english dictionary
pump someone full of lead — pump bullets into someone or pump someone full of lead informal to shoot someone many times with a gun … English dictionary
pump someone full of something — informal phrase to put a lot of a substance, especially a drug, into someone’s body He had been pumped full of sedatives. Thesaurus: to take, prescribe or administer a medicinehyponym Main entry: pump … Useful english dictionary
pump (someone) up — tv. & in. to excite someone; to make someone enthusiastic. □ The coach gave a pep talk to pump the layers up for the big game. □ Tom pumped us up at the sales meeting … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
pump someone full of lead — pump/fill someone full of lead informal phrase to shoot someone with a lot of bullets Thesaurus: to shoot someone or somethingsynonym types of gun and general words for gunhyponym Main entry: lead … Useful english dictionary
pump someone's stomach — to empty someone s stomach using a piece of medical equipment called a stomach pump … English dictionary
pump someone full of something — informal to put a lot of a substance, especially a drug, into someone s body He had been pumped full of sedatives … English dictionary
pump someone's hand — shake a person s hand vigorously … Useful english dictionary
