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pump one's fist

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pump one's fist (third-person singular simple present pumps one's fist, present participle pumping one's fist, simple past and past participle pumped one's fist)

  1. To thrust forward one's fist, as in celebration.
    • 2011 January 29, Piers Newbery, “Australian Open: Kim Clijsters beats Li Na in final”, in BBC‎[1]:
      A nail-biting final set appeared to be unfolding but it was Li who buckled under the pressure, giving up another break of serve with a double fault and a wayward backhand in game four, and Clijsters pumped her fist as she closed in on victory.
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