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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Here’s the fine print: The holiday discount will be automatically applied at the pump between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. local time in accordance with state law.
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
That same month the governor ordered lawmakers to return to Sacramento for a special session to debate a bill that would require oil refineries to increase gasoline reserves in an attempt to prevent price spikes at the pump.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
That catapulted prices at the pump to as high as $5.02 a gallon in June 2022.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
If approved, the move is expected to increase prices at the pump — but how much has become a matter of increasingly fierce debate.
—Rob Nikolewski, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
That same month the governor ordered lawmakers to return to Sacramento for a special session to debate a bill that would require oil refineries to increase gasoline reserves in an attempt to prevent price spikes at the pump.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
That catapulted prices at the pump to as high as $5.02 a gallon in June 2022.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
If approved, the move is expected to increase prices at the pump — but how much has become a matter of increasingly fierce debate.
—Rob Nikolewski, The Mercury News, 4 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 15 Dec. 2024.
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