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.

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Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn’t require difficult decisions. — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 At a Wawa in Bellmawr, New Jersey, drivers stopping to fuel up said the rising prices are becoming increasingly difficult to absorb. — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 After fueling up on carbs, stroll down Third Street to The Church Studio. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026 Refined-product cargo volumes recorded particularly strong growth, with shipments of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel up 40% from a year earlier. — CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fuel up

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“Fuel up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuel%20up. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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