prime the pump (English, verb)
expansion: prime the pump (third-person singular simple present primes the pump, present participle priming the pump, simple past and past participle primed the pump)
Senses:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: To engage in deficit spending .
glosses: To give something in order to create the conditions where others will give in return.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prime, the, pump.
Forms:
form: primes the pump
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: priming the pump
tags: participle
present
form: primed the pump
tags: participle
past
form: primed the pump
tags: past