Usually means: Lift weights to build muscle.
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  1. pump iron: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pump iron: Merriam-Webster
  3. pump iron: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pump iron: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pump iron: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pump iron: Wiktionary
  7. pump iron: Dictionary.com
  8. pump iron: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pump iron: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. pump iron: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pump iron)

▸ verb:  (bodybuilding) To lift weights; to engage in weight or strength training.

Similar:
work out, weight-train, weight-lift, lift, pump up, muscle up, bulk up, big up, tone up, buff up, more...

Types:
dumbbell, barbell, weight plate, kettlebell, resistance band, more...

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Similar:
work out, weight-train, weight-lift, lift, pump up, muscle up, bulk up, big up, tone up, buff up, more...

Types:
dumbbell, barbell, weight plate, kettlebell, resistance band, more...



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