Betekenis van pump sth up In het Nederlands

• 0 to fill something with air using a pump:

  • Have you pumped up the balloons yet?

  • I must pump the tyres up on my bike.

  • The US was able to pump up exports.

  • Let's pump up the volume a bit!

• 1 to increase the price or the amount of something:

  • For corporations these measures can reduce costs and pump up the bottom line.

  • They have simply pumped up prices to cover the additional costs.

  • The new beach development plans could pump up tourist revenue in the summer.