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pump sth into sth

phrasal verb with pump
 
 
/pʌmp/ verb

Definition

to spend a lot of money trying to make something operate successfully: They had been pumping money into the business for some years without seeing any results.Investing moneyPaying and spending money
(Definition of pump sth into sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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