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

Walking from end to end offers great views of the Med, as well as the chance to fuel up with a coffee or cocktail at one of the many cafés and chiringuitos (beach bars). — Jennifer Fernández Solano, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Bring extra food and water, fuel up your vehicle in town, prepare for longer travel times than expected, check weather forecasts, and bring essentials for backcountry travel. — Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 26 June 2026

For breakfast, head to Shipshewana Auction Restaurant on the auction grounds, where locals fuel up with plate-sized cinnamon rolls and the famous haystack, a layered combination of biscuits, gravy, hash browns, eggs, and sausage. — Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026

The depot is where fire-rescue vehicles get fueled up and serviced. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026

Rhymes for fuel up

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