fuel up
phrasal 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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After dropping your bags off, fuel up at V6 Coffee Bar and start to stroll down the main street, stopping in Klepper Gallery and Evans Gallery.
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Be sure to stop by The Crow after your adventure to fuel up on bourbon and burgers in a charming brick building.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Football players stop in to fuel up after a game night; grandparents linger over lunch; toddlers are messied with greasy fingers and red sauce mustaches.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
Travelers on Interstate 41 north of Milwaukee will soon have a new place to fuel up and grab food.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
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Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Be sure to stop by The Crow after your adventure to fuel up on bourbon and burgers in a charming brick building.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Football players stop in to fuel up after a game night; grandparents linger over lunch; toddlers are messied with greasy fingers and red sauce mustaches.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
Travelers on Interstate 41 north of Milwaukee will soon have a new place to fuel up and grab food.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
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 10 Sep. 2025.
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