pump iron
verb
(intr) slang to exercise with weights; do body-building exercises
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Words nearby pump iron
pumped storage, pumper, pumpernickel, pump gun, pumping, pump iron, pumpkin, pumpking, pumpkin head, pumpkinseed, pump lung
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Idioms and Phrases with pump iron
pump iron
Lift weights, as in She's started pumping iron three times a week. This idiom was born with the late-20th-century stress on physical fitness. [Second half of 1900s]
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