Prime The Pump Definition

verb

To engage in deficit spending .

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To give something in order to create the conditions where others will give in return.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prime ,‎ the ,‎ pump .

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Origin of Prime The Pump

  • As an idiomatic term, from the 1930s. From the metaphor of filling (prime ) a liquid pump in order to prepare it for operation.

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