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phrasepump away1. pump away to work hard at something by moving continuously in and out or up and down: Increase your pace until you can feel your heart pumping away efficiently. Karen was in the gym, pumping away on a stationary bicycle.2. pump sth away • pump away sth to remove a liquid or gas by forcing it to flow in a particular direction using a special machine called a pump: All together they pumped away about 150,000 gallons of flood water.
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