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pump-prime

pump-prime verb: synonym of prime the pump (figurative senses).

Verb

pump-prime (third-person singular simple present pump-primes, present participle pump-priming, simple past and past participle pump-primed)

  1. Synonym of prime the pump (figurative senses)
    Synonyms:
    prime the pump

Synonyms of pump-prime

Forms of pump-prime

third-person singular presentpump-primes
present participlepump-priming
past participlepump-primed
pastpump-primed

Questions about pump-prime

What does pump-prime mean?
Pump-prime means synonym of prime the pump (figurative senses).
What part of speech is pump-prime?
Pump-prime is a verb.
What is the past tense of pump-prime?
The past tense of pump-prime is pump-primed.

Words near pump-prime in the dictionary

  1. pump-faked
  2. pump-fakes
  3. pump-faking
  4. pump-jet
  5. pump-jets
  6. pump-prime
  7. pump-primed
  8. pump-primes
  9. pump-priming
  10. pump-room
  11. pump-rooms

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