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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Gas prices remain far below their 2022 highs, and few experts believe even a major shock to Russian energy production would send the cost at the pump soaring.
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Jeff Stein and Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
After all, any amount of electric-only propulsion not only cuts down on tailpipe emissions but also money spent at the pump.
—Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
When the armed men stationed at the pumps grabbed Lala and tried to add her to the captives inside, Franks and the cop busted in from the back, taking down a few bad guys and saving dozens of abducted women inside (including the one who’d been with the sailor).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
Yet despite months of decreases at the pumps, gas prices remain higher now than when President-elect Donald Trump was in office between January 2017 and January 2021.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
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Jeff Stein and Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
After all, any amount of electric-only propulsion not only cuts down on tailpipe emissions but also money spent at the pump.
—Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
When the armed men stationed at the pumps grabbed Lala and tried to add her to the captives inside, Franks and the cop busted in from the back, taking down a few bad guys and saving dozens of abducted women inside (including the one who’d been with the sailor).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
Yet despite months of decreases at the pumps, gas prices remain higher now than when President-elect Donald Trump was in office between January 2017 and January 2021.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 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 30 Dec. 2024.
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