Gas Up Meaning
To gas up means to fill the tank of one’s automobile with gasoline or to supply enough gasoline for the vehicle to go a long (enough) distance.
Sentence Examples
“The car is all packed for the trip but we’ll need to gas up before we get on the road.”
“You can borrow the car but can you gas it up before you return it?”
“I came straight home. I only stopped to gas up the car.”
“I’m going to be a little late to pick you up. I only have a quarter tank of gas so I’m going to have to gas up first.”
“I want you to go back to that garden center and get everything on this list. And gas up the car. And we’ll meet you right back here in an hour.” — Subdivision (2006)
“It was almost 5:00, and I still had to swing by my econ. policy class, pick up my dry cleaning, gas up the car, and meet Headake before I picked up Callie.” — Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002)
Origin
Used since the 1930s.
