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pomper

to pump

verb pohm-PEH Rare
Body & Health Movement

Also means

to drain, to tire out

Usage Note

Pomper means to pump a liquid, but in informal French it also means to exhaust or drain someone: tu me pompes means 'you're draining me / wearing me out'. In student slang it can mean to copy (cheat): pomper sur un voisin. The noun is une pompe (a pump).

Examples

"Il faut pomper l'eau du sous-sol."

Natural Translation

You have to pump the water out of the basement.

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