Health
get your blood pumping
increase energy through activity
To make your heart beat faster and give you more energy, usually through exercise or excitement.
Hear it in real life
Why do you like cycling to work?
It gets my blood pumping before I start the day.
A brisk walk before breakfast gets my blood pumping.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: A brisk walk gets my blood to pumping.
Say: A brisk walk gets my blood pumping.
This expression uses “get” followed by an object and the -ing form directly.
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How it fits in a sentence.
get your blood pumping; got my blood pumping
Your turn: say it out loud
A brisk walk before breakfast gets my blood pumping.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
get your blood pumping
increase energy through activity
“A brisk walk before breakfast gets my blood pumping.”
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