gas up

Idioms and Phrases

Supply a vehicle with gasoline, as in I want to be sure to gas up before we go . James M. Cain used this term in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934): “I went to gas up a car.” [ Colloquial ; c. 1930 Also see tank up .

Example Sentences

The UN climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, acknowledges there will be a role for some oil and gas up to 2050 and beyond.

From BBC

“Maybe it’s not just the guy on the sideline. When I go to the Indy 500, I don’t ask the winning driver, `Hey, you gassed up your car?;”

From Seattle Times

She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car — and send money home to her parents.

From Seattle Times

I can see how it must feel, as the Yakima commissioner said, that lawmakers are putting “a cost on simply existing,” I, too, wince when I gas up my car.

From Seattle Times

“Let’s be prepared - secure items that could become airborne, gas up your car, have cash and bottled water on hand,” officials said in a post on the social media platform X.

From Reuters

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