pump somebody full of something

pump (one) full of (something)

To forcefully fill one with something. My psychiatrist pumped me full of antidepressants as a child, and it numbed me to the world. The gangsters drove by with their Tommy guns and pumped their rivals full of lead.See also: full, of, pump

pump somebody full of something

fill somebody with something, especially drugs: They pumped her full of painkillers.See also: full, of, pump, somebody, something