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auf Pump  on credit
der Pump (no pl.)  credit

Die Krise der Bank Northern Rock erschüttert Großbritannien - und sät Zweifel am beliebten Leben auf Pump.
The Northern Rock bank crisis is unsettling Great Britain - and is sowing doubt about the popular practice of living on credit.

Related: die Pumpe pump, der Pumps pump(s) (shoes)

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