at the pump
idiom
variants
or less commonly at the pumps
US, informal
: at the places where customers buy gasoline for their cars
Prices are higher at the pump.
Expect long lines at the pumps this weekend.
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Sommers cautioned that the oil industry relies on the free flow of commodities and warned that tariffs on Canadian oil could lift prices at the pump — especially for consumers in the Midwest, which relies most heavily on Canadian oil supply.
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Matt Egan, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
However, consumers may not be seeing that in the real world, though: Average prices at the pump actually fell about two cents last month, to $3.01 a gallon on Dec. 30 from $3.03 on Dec. 2, according to weekly Energy Information Administration data.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
Unlike a gasoline tax collected at the pump, the superfund assessment owed is not a function of the fuel being burned now by New Yorkers.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Though holiday travel usually spikes prices at the pump, gas prices in Wisconsin are still solidly below $3 ahead of the Thanksgiving week.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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Matt Egan, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
However, consumers may not be seeing that in the real world, though: Average prices at the pump actually fell about two cents last month, to $3.01 a gallon on Dec. 30 from $3.03 on Dec. 2, according to weekly Energy Information Administration data.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
Unlike a gasoline tax collected at the pump, the superfund assessment owed is not a function of the fuel being burned now by New Yorkers.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Though holiday travel usually spikes prices at the pump, gas prices in Wisconsin are still solidly below $3 ahead of the Thanksgiving week.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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“At the pump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20pump. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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