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pumping someone's tires

pumping someone's tires is the present participle and gerund 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 pumping someone's tires

What is pumping someone's tires the present participle and gerund of?
Pumping someone's tires is the present participle and gerund of pump someone's tires.

Words near pumping someone's tires in the dictionary

  1. pumping lemmas
  2. pumping lemmata
  3. pumping one's fist
  4. pumping out
  5. pumping someone's fist
  6. pumping someone's tires
  7. pumping station
  8. pumping stations
  9. pumping time
  10. pumping times
  11. pumping up

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