pump sth up
— phrasal verb with pump uk/pʌmp/us/pʌmp/verb
to fill something with air using a pump:
Have you pumped up the balloons yet?
I must pump the tyres up on my bike.
informal to increase something by a large amount:
The US was able to pump up exports.
Let's pump up the volume a bit!
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Enlarging and inflating
- balloon
- bloat
- blow
- blow sth up
- blow up
- broaden
- build (sb/sth) up
- deepen
- dilate
- engorged
- enlarge
- expand
- flare
- fluff sth up
- inflate
- magnification
- puff
- scale sth up
- stretch
- widen
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