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pump ironTo lift weights; to engage in weight or strength training.Rate it:

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pump upTo inflate by means of a pump.Rate it:

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pump upTo inflate with a pumping action.Rate it:

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pump upTo cause one's muscles to swell by means of focussed weightlifting.Rate it:

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under the pumpUnder pressure to perform.Rate it:

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petrol pumpcar fuel dispenserRate it:

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pump outto produce in large quantitiesRate it:

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pump someone's tiresTo praise, encourage, or vigorously support someone.Rate it:

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pump upTo excite a person or group to a frenzy.Rate it:

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under the pumpUsed other than as an idiom: see under, pump.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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c'est un avocat en herbeHe is studying for the bar; He is a sucking barrister.Rate it:

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on voulait lui tirer les vers du nezThey wished to pump him.Rate it:

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vous ne me tirerez pas les vers du nezYou will not pump me (i.e. make me tell secrets).Rate it:

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