Idiom
pump someone's tires
Meaning
To praise, encourage, or vigorously support someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He always pumps his friend's tires before a big game.”
“The manager spent the whole meeting pumping his team's tires to keep their morale high during the difficult project.”
“Rather than offering constructive criticism, the mentor spent the entire session pumping the student's tires, leaving the underlying flaws of the manuscript unaddressed.”
Examples
simple
“He always pumps his friend's tires before a big game.”
contextual
“The manager spent the whole meeting pumping his team's tires to keep their morale high during the difficult project.”
complex
“Rather than offering constructive criticism, the mentor spent the entire session pumping the student's tires, leaving the underlying flaws of the manuscript unaddressed.”
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