at the pump
idiom
variants
or less commonly at the pumps
US, informal
: at the places where customers buy gasoline for their cars
Prices are higher at the pump.
Expect long lines at the pumps this weekend.
Examples of at the pump in a Sentence
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Even amid the wave of inflation and worries about day-to-day costs, gas prices aren’t even a driving force; food, housing, taxes, and health care all outpace the price at the pump, according to Third Way’s research.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 June 2024
Yet so long as cars are made and certified to run on nothing but petroleum fuels, oil will continue to be an uncontested master and will not face competition at the pump.
—Gal Luft, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Those actions can ultimately impact what drivers pay at the pump.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
Here's why Arizonans are paying a little less at the pump.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 June 2024
Yet so long as cars are made and certified to run on nothing but petroleum fuels, oil will continue to be an uncontested master and will not face competition at the pump.
—Gal Luft, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Those actions can ultimately impact what drivers pay at the pump.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
Here's why Arizonans are paying a little less at the pump.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for at the pump
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“At the pump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20pump. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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