fuel up

fuel up

To fill a car's gas tank with fuel. We need to stop and fuel up before getting on the highway. If you're going to borrow my car, can you at least fuel up before you return it? Don't worry, there's a rest stop up ahead where we can fuel up.

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fuel up

to fill one's tank with fuel. Let's stop here and fuel up. I need to fuel up at the next little town.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fuel up

v.

To fill the gas tank of a vehicle with gasoline or other fuel: The family fueled up the car before leaving for the lake. I fueled the truck up so we wouldn't have to stop. It's time to go; let's fuel up.

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