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pumped someone's tires

pumped someone's tires is the simple past and past participle of pump someone's tires.

Meaning of pump someone's tires

Verb

pump someone's tires (third-person singular simple present pumps someone's tires, present participle pumping someone's tires, simple past and past participle pumped someone's tires)

  1. (Canada, idiomatic) To praise, encourage, or vigorously support someone.
    • "I'm sure (Toronto coach) Greg Gilbert is going to pump their tires with the fact they've beat us six times."2009 April 14, Canadian Press, "AHL leaders in regular season, Manitoba prepares for series with Toronto," The Hockey News (Canada) (retrieved 1 Feb 2017)

Questions about pumped someone's tires

What is pumped someone's tires the simple past and past participle of?
Pumped someone's tires is the simple past and past participle of pump someone's tires.

Words near pumped someone's tires in the dictionary

  1. pumped hydro
  2. pumped iron
  3. pumped one's fist
  4. pumped out
  5. pumped someone's fist
  6. pumped someone's tires
  7. pumped up
  8. pumped up someone's tires
  9. pumped-up
  10. Pumpelly
  11. pumpellyite

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