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.

Examples of fuel up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The owner just fuels up at a gas station and the car never runs out of a charge. —Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 26 May 2025

Healthy, carb-rich meals are recommended a few hours before working out, while a snack mixing carbs and protein is a good way to fuel up around 30 minutes to an hour before exercise. —Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2025

Weekday mornings also tend to be an easier time for fueling up at Costco, though some drivers line up for gas before work. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025

Stick with the Nova Scotian singer-songwriter for her entire 45 minutes and then go fuel up for the rest of the day with some lunch. —Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 19 May 2025

Rhymes for fuel up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup