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pump up
verb as in energize
verb as in fill
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in inflate
verb as in vitalize
Example Sentences
These rules allow employees to seriously pump up their retirement savings, specifically by converting those after-tax savings to Roth dollars through the three-step megabackdoor Roth strategy.
In his posts, he wrote: “As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I’ve seen how American jobs are being given away to those with no right to be here. Pump up the numbers.”
She had a wealth of Dale Carnegie-esque aphorisms to pump up her young charge, such as “put on your magic shoes,” or “Mind is in every cell of the body. Thoughts are everything.”
Home players will do whatever they can to pump up the crowd, while the visiting side always relishes any opportunity to hit back.
During an internal meeting at Starbucks’s Seattle headquarters in late July, his new hire, Mike Grams, sought to pump up corporate employees to support their work in stores, and the company’s broader turnaround strategy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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