tank up
Example Sentences
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“Some people stop to tank up on fuel.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023
Like Larry, most of the people who stopped by the station didn’t fill their tank up all the way, instead putting $10 on pump 5, $20 on pump 3 or $13 on pump 1.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2022
Gas cars can tank up in seconds and return to the track for another couple of hours.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2020
He was last seen in Cannes riding a tank up the street to promote 2014’s The Expendables 3.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2019
She drifted a little further to a neighbouring island, where the spring tide carried the tank up so far inland that she could not launch it again.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
