pump sth out
— phrasal verb with pump uk/pʌmp/us/pʌmp/verb
(REMOVE)
to remove water or other liquid from something using a pump:
We took turns pumping out the boat.
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Machines - generators & pumps
- -engined
- accelerator
- alternator
- breeder reactor
- charger
- dock
- docking station
- dynamo
- electromotive
- generator
- hydraulics
- power station
- pump
- pump-action
- pumping station
- PWR
- reactor
- substation
- turbine
- turbocharger
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(PRODUCE)
informal disapproving to produce words or loud music in a way that is repeated, forceful, and continuous:
The government keeps pumping out the same old propaganda.
The car radio was pumping out music with a heavy beat.
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Creating and producing
- bear fruit idiom
- bring
- bring sth out
- churn sth out
- cobble
- craft
- mass-produce
- on the go idiom
- overproduce
- patch
- patch sth together
- phase
- pump
- raise
- rush
- turn sth in
- turn sth out
- uncreative
- unleash
- unproductive
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