Pump iron

The answer

LIFT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIFT answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• LIFTWEIGHTS (2 uses in xd)
• TRAIN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LIFT

Every other clue in this collection answered by LIFT, most used first.

• Elevate - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Hoist - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Boost - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Elevator - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Raise - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Every Voice and Sing" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Hitchhiker's hope - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Brit's elevator - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• London elevator - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Pick up - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Pick-me-up - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• English elevator - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Hitchhiker's need - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Plagiarize - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Raise up - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Pump, e.g. - SHOE, used 37 times
• Angle iron - LBAR, used 30 times
• Clog or pump - SHOE, used 20 times
• Pump, for one - SHOE, used 19 times
• Pump. - SHOE, used 17 times
• Pump part - SOLE, used 17 times

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