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.

Examples of fuel up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, there are a couple of options to fuel up in Haines Junction before or after your park visit. —Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025

As campsites are being refurbished, a convenient lodging option is the Spanish Colonial–style Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, an hour drive southwest, where hikers can fuel up with chilaquiles topped with Chimayó red or Hatch green chilies. —Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025

Guests can fuel up at the all-day Drake Café, linger over brunch or dinner at the living-room-style Lounge (which shifts gears with DJ sets after hours), or head up to the all-seasons rooftop for sushi and small plates. —Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025

Here are the most expensive places to fuel up in Kentucky and the five cheapest, as of Aug. 29. —Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for fuel up

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