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pump sth up

Phrasal Verb with pump
 
 
/pʌmp/ verb [T]

Definition

to fill something with air using a pump: You should pump your tyres up.
(Definition of pump sth up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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