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pump out

pump out verb: to remove liquid using a pump.

Verb

pump out (third-person singular simple present pumps out, present participle pumping out, simple past and past participle pumped out)

  1. (transitive) To remove liquid using a pump.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To produce in large quantities.

Forms of pump out

third-person singular presentpumps out
present participlepumping out
past participlepumped out
pastpumped out

Questions about pump out

What does pump out mean?
Pump out means to remove liquid using a pump.
What part of speech is pump out?
Pump out is a verb.
What is the past tense of pump out?
The past tense of pump out is pumped out.

Words near pump out in the dictionary

  1. pump jockeys
  2. pump knot
  3. pump one's fist
  4. pump one's fists
  5. pump organ
  6. pump out
  7. pump pic
  8. pump pics
  9. pump room
  10. pump rooms
  11. pump someone's fist

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