pump out
verb
pumped out; pumping out; pumps out
informal
: to produce (something) quickly and frequently
The author pumps out a book every year.
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Boaters can pump out their bilge and holding tanks at no charge at one of two facilities in the harbor.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Somebody somewhere might already be pumping out Patriots jerseys with his name on the back.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Harvard-Westlake, Notre Dame and Crespi come to mind — the blueblood baseball programs of the area — pumping out players like Pete Crow-Armstrong and Giancarlo Stanton.
—Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
As protons are pumped out, thousands more flow in, drawn by the net negative electric charge and the general tendency for entropy to rise as particles (in this case, protons) spread out in space ever more evenly.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Somebody somewhere might already be pumping out Patriots jerseys with his name on the back.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
Harvard-Westlake, Notre Dame and Crespi come to mind — the blueblood baseball programs of the area — pumping out players like Pete Crow-Armstrong and Giancarlo Stanton.
—Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
As protons are pumped out, thousands more flow in, drawn by the net negative electric charge and the general tendency for entropy to rise as particles (in this case, protons) spread out in space ever more evenly.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Pump out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pump%20out. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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