pump up

Meaning

1. 1

   pump sb up

   to make sb feel more excited or determined

2. 2

   pump sth up

   to fill a tyre, etc. with air using a pump

3. 3

   pump sth upinformal

   to increase the amount, value or volume of sth

   Interest rates were pumped up last week.

In the movies · 19

• Pump Up The Jam) Pump it up While your feet are stompin'.Tucker and Dale vs. Evil2010
• Yes! Getting pumped up!The Mitchells vs. the Machines2021
• Baking! Pump up the heat and hold the perfect temperature.Wreck-It Ralph2012
• Pump it up! That's good! That's good!Cheaper by the Dozen2003
• You pumped up for your first game?Tooth Fairy2010
• Anyway, he tells us there's a guy pumping up in an apartment up in Columbia Point.Gone Baby Gone2007
• - And you are pumped up. - Whoa!Icarus2017
• - I'm pretty, like, pumped up right now. - Right? It was amazing.Zack and Miri Make a Porno2008

Learn it in full scenes

• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil2010
  • Tucker Pushes Dale to Talk to Allison
  • Tucker and Dale Get Pulled Over
  • Tucker and Dale Tour Their Cabin
• Wreck-It Ralph2012
  • Ralph's Opening Monologue
  • Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon
  • Ralph Crashes the Anniversary Party

From the same entry

• all hands on deck
• prime the pump
• pump bullets, shots, into
• pump full of
• pump iron
• pump stomach
• pump into
• pump into
• pump out