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

In the morning, fuel up with croissants and shortbread from the waterside Tempête Café. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

For example, missions to the moon and Mars — which are definitely in the cards, according to SpaceX — will require Ship to be fueled up in Earth orbit, something that the company has not yet demonstrated. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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

Rhymes for fuel up

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