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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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.
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Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
Never a lunch for me, this summertime snack was easy to make and kept me fueled up for a long day of running through the woods.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Chazelle has been working on a prison project earlier last year but switched mid-air when Knievel began fueling up and generating interest from DiCaprio.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 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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Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
Never a lunch for me, this summertime snack was easy to make and kept me fueled up for a long day of running through the woods.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Chazelle has been working on a prison project earlier last year but switched mid-air when Knievel began fueling up and generating interest from DiCaprio.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 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 5 Aug. 2025.
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