fuel up

verb

fueled up or fuelled up; fueling up or fuelling up; fuels up

: to put fuel into a car, airplane, etc.

They fueled up for their long journey home.

Examples of fuel up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But there are ways to save at least a few cents per gallon at the pump by finding the cheapest station in your area and fueling up at certain retailers. —Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026

Fired up and fueled up for our team to just want to work even harder this summer. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2026

Data from the Bank of America Institute and PNC shows consumers have continued spending on gas, and depending on how long gas prices stay elevated, all of the benefits Americans received from the 2025 tax and spending bill could go solely to staying fueled up. —Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026

The company has yet to successfully launch its Starship into orbit and then safely land it — something it will be required to do almost a dozen times to fuel up for a single trip to the Moon. —Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 1 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for fuel up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup